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minus-squarefemicrat [she/her]hexbear5·1 year agoIt is from the dull part of the book, when the main characters are screwing around doing nothing, failing to advance the plot whatsoever and nothing is happening. No elves, no Aragorn, no Rohirrim. Tolkien vividly describes their meals, though. link
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]hexbear2·edit-21 year ago Tolkien vividly describes their meals, though. I wasn't wild about that part, though the details of Bilbo's guests crashing of his place at the start of The Hobbit worked for me somehow. link
minus-squareNationalgoatism [he/him]hexbear1·1 year agoFor me that works because describing that meal is an interesting way of introducing the characters and showing what they are like link
It is from the dull part of the book, when the main characters are screwing around doing nothing, failing to advance the plot whatsoever and nothing is happening. No elves, no Aragorn, no Rohirrim. Tolkien vividly describes their meals, though.
I wasn't wild about that part, though the details of Bilbo's guests crashing of his place at the start of The Hobbit worked for me somehow.
For me that works because describing that meal is an interesting way of introducing the characters and showing what they are like