No Joke This Is The Best Characterization Of Bilbo Ive Ever Read Go Read This!

no joke this is the best characterization of bilbo i’ve ever read… go read this!

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Tolkien Podcast Episode 1A

In this episode, I discuss my likes and dislikes about this Hobbit Trilogy. Please give it a listen, leave comments, and subscribe! Here is my website: https...

Phew here I go. This is the official launch of the Tolkien Podcast Series I’ll be doing. For this first episode, I recorded alone. I will be reaching out to people who expressed interest in being guest in the next episode,  so that we can get together and plan when a good time and date would be to all sit down and record. 

This episode discusses what I liked and didn’t like about the Hobbit movies. 

Give it a listen, and let me know how I did! Advice and tips or any suggestions are welcomed as well! 

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this is not about any 1 post in particular but i feel like it should be more commonly addressed im the fandom that tolkiens dwarves are jewish and you cannot have a meaningful analysis of them without acknowledging that

i see a lot of posts talking about how dwarves are often derided by tolkiens narrative. questions like “why does tolkien insist on the dwarves being greedy” and “why did the line of durin get wiped out” and my favorite “is thorin a good or a bad person? lets discuss that”

those are all great questions to ask but they cannot be examined without acknowledging that tolkien based the dwarves on jewish people, and his portrayal of them is influenced both by antisemitism AND an evolving level of respect for jewish people that coexisted in tolkien. that is why we get the “dwarves are not heroes” passage in the hobbit. hell, the entire premise of the hobbit is plainly based on jewish history and lore: 12 dwarves (the 12 tribes of israel), with 1 leader, on a quest to reclaim a homeland that was stolen from them. except tolkien also has that reclaimation revolve around riches, because jews are greedy and violent in his mind (esp pre-wwii tolkien). antisemitism is the reason for thorin being portrayed as acting rash, hauty, and possessive in the hobbit. that is why it is impossible to analyze his character without acknowledging that he is jewish.

as for the radical switch in the portrayal of dwarves in the lord of the rings, this is post-wwii tolkien, when he felt a lot more guilty about being antisemitic. gimli is an apology for his antisemitism in the hobbit. at the same time, the dwarves as a people do not have much of a meaningful part to play in the narrative, and in fact so many of them have been wiped out in cold blood (sound familiar?) and i think that that also reflects tolkiens biases

he was a complex man writing a very complex piece of fantasy that has many aspects that reflect his own beliefs and beliefs prevalent in his society at the time. those beliefs coming through in his work is an important aspect of middle-earth to examine. i dont think anybody will disagree with me on that.

TL;DR for the love of G-d when youre asking questions about the dwarves’ morality and narrative in tolkien please remember that they are based on jewish people and it is IMPOSSIBLE to ask these questions fully if you dont remember that

heres an essay on this topic if you want to learn more