Observations on The Hobbit
Jul. 28th, 2008 06:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
masque12My sister gave me the History of the Hobbit boxed set for my birthday. (It was on my Amazon wishlist, and it seems that of all the people in my family, only my sister and I have figured out how to use such lists, giving each other fat l00tz for Hail Santa! Day and birthdays.) I already have all 12 volumes of the History of Middle Earth, so I needed the history of The Hobbit for completion. (It's only 2 volumes, as well as a nice volume of the published version of The Hobbit itself, complete with Tolkien's own illustrations.) At any rate, I read a little bit of the beginning of volume 1 of the History books, and then decided to reread The Hobbit itself before delving deeper into the History. I've only just finished Chapter II, Roast Mutton, and without getting into the more esoteric development of the story in the History volumes, I've determined a few key differences between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
1.) (and rather significantly) In The Hobbit, Gandalf is a really big asshole.
2.) Dwarves are pushy motherfuckers (but I love them anyway).
3.) Hobbits really like to bitch, just for the sake of bitching, even while exceeding all expectations others have of them.
I may add to this in the future, but I'm pretty goddamn drunk, so I'm going to end this now, while I can still type coherently.
1.) (and rather significantly) In The Hobbit, Gandalf is a really big asshole.
2.) Dwarves are pushy motherfuckers (but I love them anyway).
3.) Hobbits really like to bitch, just for the sake of bitching, even while exceeding all expectations others have of them.
I may add to this in the future, but I'm pretty goddamn drunk, so I'm going to end this now, while I can still type coherently.
