Cold Murder Hills
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I'm not saying they're the best, but they're pretty damn good. So the Hobbit! The only Lord of the Rings related novel I will ever read despite adoring worldbuilding.
So the basic premise of the Hobbit is pretty much just the heroic journey with Bilbo Baggins as our hero and how he gets dragged into helping some dwarves steal back their gold from a dragon. But like damn, he starts off so unwilling to go out of his comfort zone and he's supposed to be our everyman. You know in retrospect, I tend to find most main characters un relatable but I digress. A wizard shows up at this man's door promising adventure and wealth beyond imagine, a well respected wizard too, and the man just says no. Closes his door on his face and acts like he's not home. Like yeah he might die potentially, but it's not like he has anything else important going on his life.
After a good hearty dinner and a quality tragic backstory as well as a night of rest to think over it, Bilbo does eventually decide to follow in the steps of the dwarves and join them on their journey to Smaug's lair of treasure and gold. What throws me off is that the dwarves stubbornness is both a blessing and a curse because after reclaiming the gold they somehow manage to start even more problems and have a battle with four other invading armies.
Naturally, people die that managed not to in a battle with an actual dragon, particularly the best warrior among the dwarves because of course he is. Oh and at one point, Gandalf just skips town leaving the Baggins (Ha!) to pick up his own slack and prove his worth to the rest of the company. And that of course comes in the form of the ring Bilbo finds which adds to his EXP and suddenly he becomes one of the higher leveled party members. Like a good rpg, once someone is slighly better than everyone else at a skill, they begin being the only one to actually use that skill and confront enemies, sending your strongest hero out basically because they rolled a nat 20 in stealth.
I'm not saying they're the best, but they're pretty damn good. So the Hobbit! The only Lord of the Rings related novel I will ever read despite adoring worldbuilding.
So the basic premise of the Hobbit is pretty much just the heroic journey with Bilbo Baggins as our hero and how he gets dragged into helping some dwarves steal back their gold from a dragon. But like damn, he starts off so unwilling to go out of his comfort zone and he's supposed to be our everyman. You know in retrospect, I tend to find most main characters un relatable but I digress. A wizard shows up at this man's door promising adventure and wealth beyond imagine, a well respected wizard too, and the man just says no. Closes his door on his face and acts like he's not home. Like yeah he might die potentially, but it's not like he has anything else important going on his life.
After a good hearty dinner and a quality tragic backstory as well as a night of rest to think over it, Bilbo does eventually decide to follow in the steps of the dwarves and join them on their journey to Smaug's lair of treasure and gold. What throws me off is that the dwarves stubbornness is both a blessing and a curse because after reclaiming the gold they somehow manage to start even more problems and have a battle with four other invading armies.
Naturally, people die that managed not to in a battle with an actual dragon, particularly the best warrior among the dwarves because of course he is. Oh and at one point, Gandalf just skips town leaving the Baggins (Ha!) to pick up his own slack and prove his worth to the rest of the company. And that of course comes in the form of the ring Bilbo finds which adds to his EXP and suddenly he becomes one of the higher leveled party members. Like a good rpg, once someone is slighly better than everyone else at a skill, they begin being the only one to actually use that skill and confront enemies, sending your strongest hero out basically because they rolled a nat 20 in stealth.
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