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>The story is told from the point of view of hobbits, so hobbit names are translated from Westron into plain English. Their land is not actually called, "the Shire," and their main town is not actually called "Hobbiton." Even "Samwise Gamgee" is a translation of his real name, Banazir Galbasi, and Frodo is altered from "Froda" because in English it sounds like a girl's name.

Was Tolkien mentally ill?

>> No.14462858

>>14462812
it's just world building cunt

>> No.14462867

>>14462858
This. The guy that writes The Elder Scrolls lore does the same thing.

>> No.14463054

>>14462812
Even worse: A language nerd.

>> No.14463169

>>14462812
No he was based out of his mind

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>>14462812

>> No.14463234

>>14462812
post more fem!hobbits

>> No.14463257

>>14462812
he was an oxford linguist and liked to play around with languages a lot

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>tfw once theorized about a Middle-Earth spinoff story involving a girl Hobbit

It's funny, I thought it up in a single night, worked on it obsessively, and within 48 hours I lost all interest in it. Still have all the writing and lore buildup I did for it, though.

>> No.14463316

>>14463268
please share with us, anon. do you have anymore art?

>> No.14463327

hmmm froda

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>>14463316
This isn't my art, I just found it in a quick Google search. There's a ton of girl Bilbo art there from around when the Hobbit movies were coming out.

Anyway, I dumped everything I wrote about that potential story idea into a Pastebin. Check it out:

https://pastebin.com/kDkPmVAG

>> No.14463387

>>14463379
What do hobbit milkers taste like?

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Girl hobbits are cute.

>> No.14464403

tolkien just ripped off d&d.

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>> No.14464430

>>14462812
it's debatable how much of that Tolkien still intended at the end

don't let the autistic publishing fluff of his son fool you