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Bofur probably sells little costume sets at his toy shop. Like, a Bilbo costume -hobbit feet, a cape, a little toy sword.

OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING

baby Dwarves dressed as BILBO

the bubs with curly hair and/or not much beard yet OH JUST SO PROUD because they “look just like the Dragon Burglar, Mama!”

(Bilbo tagging along with Thorin one day to haunt Erebor, and spluttering for half an hour solid, while Thorin tries very hard not to beam at him and at the bubs dressed as his little thief and isn’t it a lovely day today?)

Whispers of course he would never get one (unless Thorin jokingly gave him one, lol) but if you /had/ to make a Dark Name for Bilbo, what would that name be? Feel free to take this as seriously as you wish ofc. I am totally up for Bilbo being called Sassmaster tbh.

LMAO what’s khuzdul for Sassmaster…? XD

Well, I do like that the Hobbits have their own language… it’s not a secret language like Khuzdul, but they have one! Not that it sees much use, mind.

Bilbo’s name, in the hobbit-tongue, is in fact Bilba Labingi.

(Frodo’s is Maura Labingi, Merry is Kalimac Brandagamba, Sam is

Banazîr Galpsi and Pippin is Razanur Tûk!)

A dark-name for Bilbs, though… arrrrrgh, this is a tricky one. Okay, I think I have something…

ararrakidazbur – The Secret Diamond

This would refer to both Bilbo’s rather unexpected heroism and bravery, his brilliant, blazingly bright mind, and his secretiveness (EXCESSIVE SECRECY HELLO). It could also be seen as a reference to his rather… cutting wit (like a diamond, hee!) and his spirit.

dazbur: containing diamond (shape)* (*diamond (stone))
ararraki: continue to keep secret / to keep secret excessively

Hi! I just wanted to ask, since you’ve done a lot on dwarven aging, what do you think about hobbit aging?

Hey there! Lovely to hear from you!

Luckily, there’s HEAPS of info here. Tolkien loved his fussy little Hobbitses, and gave them plenty of attention (unlike Dwarves, I am not bitter I am bitter). So all this here? Is canon.

Hobbits age slowly, in comparison to Men. They come of age at 33 years old.

The period of their twenties is a wild and heady, irresponsible sort of time, known as the ‘tweens.’ 

For reference, during LOTR? Pippin is 29. (Yes, he’s not even an adult!!!) Frodo was meant to be a particularly rambunctious tween, who loved to steal Farmer Maggot’s mushrooms. 

50 is literally their middle-age, as the average Hobbit’s lifespan is around 100 years old. 

Bilbo is a VERY exceptional hobbit. He says at one point that his aim is to live longer than the Old Took, his grandfather Gerontius, who made it to 130 – and thanks to the Ring (and probably his own innate stubbornness) he made it to 131, before leaving for Aman where he would have eventually passed away.