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Susan Booker, writing in the 2004 scholarly collection Tolkien on Film, notes that her own experience of interacting with fans bears out the general belief that "the fan fiction universe is composed mainly of the female sex". [4]
Thorin Oakenshield (Thorin II) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. Thorin is the leader of the Company of Dwarves who aim to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the dragon. He is the son of Thráin II, grandson of Thrór, and becomes King of Durin's Folk during their exile from Erebor. Thorin's background is ...
The presence of sexuality in The Lord of the Rings, a bestselling fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, has been debated, as it is somewhat unobtrusive.However, love and marriage appear in the form of the warm relationship between the hobbits Sam Gamgee and Rosie Cotton; the unreturned feelings of Éowyn for Aragorn, followed by her falling in love with Faramir, and marrying him; and Aragorn's ...
Thorin Oakenshield: Dwarf noble who led the company of dwarves that retook Erebor from the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit. Slain during the Battle of the Five Armies. Tom Bombadil: A mysterious figure who aided the hobbits during their departure from the Shire in The Fellowship of the Ring. Treebeard: Leader of the Ents in The Lord of the Rings.
[T 1] The Lonely Mountain is the destination of the protagonists, including the titular Hobbit Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, and is the scene of the novel's climax. The mountain has been described as the goal of Bilbo's psychological quest in The Hobbit ; scholars have noted that it and The Lord of the Rings are both structured as quests to a ...
In the first film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the audience sees only his legs, wings, and tail, and his eye; the eye is showcased in the final scene of the film. Smaug is a topic of discussion among the White Council as Gandalf's reason to support Thorin Oakenshield's quest. [27]
Veganism has attracted millions of participants for decades, which is especially impressive when you learn just how restrictive a vegan diet can really be.
According to John D. Rateliff, Bard may have been inspired by Wiglaf in the Old English poem Beowulf, which inspired Tolkien with many elements in the final chapters of The Hobbit. [8] Like Bard, Wiglaf is introduced late into the story, is not named until late in the story, is the only one with enough courage to face a dragon and is of royal ...