The downfall of the hobbit-folk - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Farael · 05-14-2006, 10:38 AM

Well Lal, this thread started when I expanded on something you said and now I guess I'll steal from your ideas again.

Perhaps the hobbits have indeed retreated into the world of faerie, a world that is not quite the one we live in and at the same time not quite another one. In a way it makes me think of a Valinor for those of us who believe in "magic" or however you want to call it. Maybe some day we will be allowed to take "the straightest road" west and find ourselves among Hobbits in The Shire or Elves in Lorien or having councel with the mighty Valar. Yet until then we can only move along with our lives, paying attention to those little glimpses of the other, fairer (and faerier) world that we get from time to time.

Yes, I rather like that explanation. Much less sad than the hobbits becoming extinct and much more 'poetical' than the hobbits simply getting (re-)adsorved into mankind.

05-14-2006, 10:38 AM	#19
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Well Lal, this thread started when I expanded on something you said and now I guess I'll steal from your ideas again. Perhaps the hobbits have indeed retreated into the world of faerie, a world that is not quite the one we live in and at the same time not quite another one. In a way it makes me think of a Valinor for those of us who believe in "magic" or however you want to call it. Maybe some day we will be allowed to take "the straightest road" west and find ourselves among Hobbits in The Shire or Elves in Lorien or having councel with the mighty Valar. Yet until then we can only move along with our lives, paying attention to those little glimpses of the other, fairer (and faerier) world that we get from time to time. Yes, I rather like that explanation. Much less sad than the hobbits becoming extinct and much more 'poetical' than the hobbits simply getting (re-)adsorved into mankind. __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.