In the book I don’t you’re supposed to relate to anyone other than Bilbo. I know this will get read the wrong way but I don’t hate Bilbo at all, but from a different perspective I can’t ignore the real world antisemitic tropes loaded on the Dwarves. The movie hasThorin more well rounded and talks about the dragon spell but the character is still more remembered for the gold obsession so when I think of the associations people make with Jewish influenced characters I feel uncomfortable.

Yeah. This, all of this. Which is why I flesh out Thorin as much as I can in fic. 😀

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