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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
I can't remember if this was brought up before, but what do you think about Disney's happily ever after endings? Would Tolkien have agreed?
I doubt it. A precious few of Tolkien's stories have a truly happy end, and even fewer have a definite end at all. Instead, they all seem to flow on, the end of one story becoming the beginning of another. Would Disney make a movie that has a somewhat sad ending... that's not really an ending? Can't imagine they would really make an effort with the endings here.
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As originally conceived Bilbo Baggins experienced a storybook "happy ending".
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[Bilbo] remained very happy to the end of his days, and those were extraordinarily long.
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The Hobbit
It was only when writing
LOTR that Tolkien had to revise that somewhat, making the Ring a source of discontent and danger for Bilbo.