• @AEsheron
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      485 months ago

      In the book, he and Gandalf were planning the party for months. The whole thing was his plan from the beginning.

      • Miles O'Brien
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        No joke, I just got to the part in the Andy Serkis narrated audiobook where Gandalf returns to toss the ring into the fire(place).

        Bilbo even comes out to announce that the dragon means supper is being served and the 144 people that get to sit inside the big tent should come on in.

        • @[email protected]
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          My dumbass just now realizing he chose 144 because it’s a dozen dozen instead of Bilbo being random:

          • Miles O'Brien
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            105 months ago

            He chose it because if you add his 111 years to Frodo’s 33, you get 144 or “one gross dozen” although to refer to the gathered hobits as a “gross” would be rude indeed! (more book references for those who haven’t read them)

  • janAkali
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    1165 months ago

    dragon attack survivor

    That’s one way to describe a burglar who came with a group to kill and plunder. And succeeded in both without major troubles.

  • @SPRUNT
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    675 months ago

    Gandalf was going to tell a tale about Bilbo’s life during the party, and Middle Earth doesn’t have slide projectors.

    • @Starbuck
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      315 months ago

      Right! Bilbo spent all these years telling the Shire about how scary the dragon was, but for his birthday he got Gandalf to simulate the dragon for everyone.

  • @[email protected]
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    545 months ago

    i feel like “does he not like bilbo?” can basically sum up gandalf’s actions in the hobbit more generally

  • @Maultasche
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    245 months ago

    He brought it because that’s what Bilbo asked him to do

  • @AngryCommieKender
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    5 months ago

    The real question is, with all these awesome drone displays, why has no one replicated it IRL?