If you Could....

[Child of the 7th Age]

This looks like an ancient, but fun, thread. I couldn't resist being Bilbo. First, I love hobbits. Second, of all the characters in the book, he is the one who grew and matured the most. The Bilbo at the end of the book is extremely different than the one at the beginning.

Bilbo is called upon to show mercy, understanding, and even a bit of burglary, and he excels at them all, despite the initial skepticism of the dwarves.

If you look at UT, you really get a sense of what an adventurous young hobbit he'd been, and how he'd lost much of that until Gandalf came along to set him on the road again to chasing after Elves. And look at all I'd have to look forward to in the future--adopting Frodo, visits from the dwarves, a great send off from the Shire, living in Rivendell, and finally the Blessed Lands--a little of everything.

sharon, the 7th age hobbit