Bilbo barely passed Old Took’s record lifespan after having a supernaturally-life-extending ring for…

mitsuhachiinthehive:

sindar-princeling:

Bilbo barely passed Old Took’s record lifespan after having a supernaturally-life-extending ring for 60 years. which begs a question. what the hell did Old Took do

I have a theory that somewhere back up the line gandalf fucked a took. This sounds like complete crack but hear me out. The tooks are rumored to have “fairy blood” which in LOTR terms means either elves or maia. There is an ancestor who’s unusually tall and many of them are noted to live unusually ...