The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Would you go on the adventure?
Maria wrote: "Eleanor Rigby wrote: "I would not even hesitate. I loved this book and would welcome any adventure that came my way in my normal, boring life. :)"I love your username!" :)
After hearing the dwarves sing of their lost homeland, I don't think I'd be able to resist, though once on the trail and missing showers and suchlike, I'd likely wish I was back home, just the way Bilbo did several times!
Oh my gosh!!!! I realized that you wouldn't be able to have a shower or anything on the adventure and.... Ahhh!!! Maybe I wouldn't go....but I also probably would...
Emma Horan wrote: "Oh my gosh!!!! I realized that you wouldn't be able to have a shower or anything on the adventure and.... Ahhh!!! Maybe I wouldn't go....but I also probably would..."Lol!
I would for sure go!!!!!! But dinner with the dwarves first, that looked like fun!
I wouldn't even care if they trashed the place as long as they sang while they did it!
i would so go. thts the fun of life! i love to travel and if i had the chance id jump to it. but id brin my big sheath knife and an M4 for backup. id stick to the sword as long as i could but im not dying with it! lol but dwarves and a wizard... totally awesome. adventure here i come
It would be so much fun and I want to meet up with Smaug.
I would go because that's a very rare opportunity someone could seize in their life! Instead of the boring day-to-day things that I do, I would love to travel across the magical lands to find treasure just for the travelling part.Except, I can't handle spiders so I'd have to somehow skip that part of the adventure. Icky.
I obviously would go if I knew if I was going to die.
Oh, no. There was just way too much travel on foot. I would just enjoy life in the shire.
You could request a horse if you dont want to walk! Or have gandalf make you fly!
Adventures in Middle-Earth are the best kinds. I'll be off without hesitation!
Maybe, probably, definitely!
I'd sign up instantly. Adventure, purpose, promise of reward and companionship. Sold.
Hell no. Adventures are nasty, uncomfortable things...make you late for breakfast. But...good morning to you! (Send me a postcard; I'd love to read about it).
I'd go. Wizards do have the knack for appearing at the right moment so I needn't worry much about any danger
No way, Jose. For only a pocketful of gold and a lifetime of memories of dragon breath-let´s be realistic folks...you really wouldn´t want to tangle with all those nasties.
I would be scared as heck, but how could I say no to such a big opportunity?? Of course I would go!!
I'd be scared but I think with a natural leader like Gandalf there I'd go and put my faith in him. I love the book and love the fact it's actually Bilbo who gives Gandalf courage too, he just doesn't let it show in front of the group!
I would definitely go! it would probably take some convincing because I would be scared out of my wits to go defeat a dragon but I would go, and even if I did not want to Galdalf would probably make me.:)
I would hesitate at first, but if I knew all of the awesome things I would encounter I would go!!!
deleted user wrote: "If twelve dwarfs and a wizard showed up at your door and ate all your food and asked you to go on an adventure with them, would you go or stay at home? I would so go! All you have to say is adven..."
not just dwarves,....homeless dwarves. If it was real life of course I'd help them....I'd get the cardboard and help them write up artistic "Homeless, need job" or "Vietnam Vet needs help" signs for the freeway exits and help them enter vocational rehabilitation.
Of course...that's if it was ....real life :)
Mervi wrote: "Sure! Absolutely! It would be fantastic even it includes danger. :D"Especially if it includes danger. ;)
First mention of giant dwarf eating spiders and I'm so outta there.
Hmm... I'd probably say "Sure! But I get, like, five different weapons, right? And a horse or something to ride on? And something to turn me invisible and stuff?"Then Gandalf would say "But of course!" And I'd say "Sweet!" and pack some chocolate ad stuff because, well, you never know.
I would, however, not let the dwarves into my wine cellar or pantry.
Depends...is my going on the adventure, going to prompt the movie The Two Towers? I want no part of that sleep fest. Other than that, count me in. :)
Well of course! Because then I'd know I'd made it into the movies :-)
Oh man, I would absolutely go. I've been craving a quest of that sort since The Hobbit was read to me when I was 7ish.
Most definitely! I couldn't pass That up!
I would definitely go!
I wouldn't forget my handkerchief!
Okay well I would probably last as long as Rivendell. And then it is all about the elves! Elrond being my favorite (And my first novel "The Elf Lord's Revenge" is based on Peter Jacksons interpretation of the elves. At least visually!)But for me...when I read the Hobbit--I felt it really was a lot for middle-school readers (as I am sure I've read the Hobbit was really for children when published). Too many dwarves...all the Hobbit silliness....I liked the travels and the whole Battle of the Five Armies at the end...but it didn't have the "bottom" that Lord of the Rings does.
Hellz yeah I would go! In fact I would be gone as soon as Gandalf stopped at my door the first time and asked if I was interested!
I would definitely go. My life can get pretty boring, and I'm always looking for new things to try and new people to meet, so why not?
Jack wrote: "I would definitely go. My life can get pretty boring, and I'm always looking for new things to try and new people to meet, so why not?"Getting chopped up by an orc, sucked dry by giant spiders, or incinerated by a dragon might be seen as reasons not to go.
Modi wrote: "Jack wrote: "I would definitely go. My life can get pretty boring, and I'm always looking for new things to try and new people to meet, so why not?"Getting chopped up by an orc, sucked dry by giant spiders, or incinerated by a dragon might be seen as reasons not to go. "
That nepew of mine is more terrible than those things!
Against the dragon I can use a bazooka!
Against my nepew, no!
If they looked like the characters in the movie, yes... in a New York minute!
I would be out the door ahead of them.
Second breakfast, tea-cakes, honey ale, mushroom soups, lamb chops, a warm hearth under silky green undulating hills, and a slow-burning pipe - it would take a great deal more than a rabble of dwarves and a raving old lunatic to get me out that door. You best believe that.
Patrick wrote: "Second breakfast, tea-cakes, honey ale, mushroom soups, lamb chops, a warm hearth under silky green undulating hills, and a slow-burning pipe - it would take a great deal more than a rabble of dwar..."Non-sense! :) Even Frodo would disagree with that.
I would definitely go on the adventure. If it includes danger, I would still go. I just want to get out and have an adventure.
Caroline wrote: "I would definitely go on the adventure. If it includes danger, I would still go. I just want to get out and have an adventure."Exactly!
Depends on how desperate I was for company, I guess. If you think about it, Bilbo was ideally suited to the adventure -- no close family or friends to get in the way, longing for something that he didn't realize was missing in his life. There are periods in my life when I might've jumped at the chance, but probably not at the moment.
An adventure with more than a few great dwarves including Thorin Oakenshield, Balin, Fili, Kili, Ori and Bofur? Plus the great wise wizard Gandalf? How could I possibly resist?
By personality I'm most likely half-Took.
"I'm going on an adventure!" :)
By personality I'm most likely half-Took.
"I'm going on an adventure!" :)
Knowing what I know now, no way!
deleted user wrote: "William wrote: "I would want to go on this adventur because its like something out of the ordinary, something you wouldent see in real life propably because of all the creatures such as dwarfs and ..."It wouldn't do any good unless you knew the dragons vulnerability.
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It is definitely better than a bow and arrows but I could barely even carry an assault rifle, I would probably spend half my time on the adventure learning to use it, and then when I needed it I would accidentally miss and hit Gandalf instead of a Warg. So my defense is to run like crazy whenever something attacks me. Either that or bring a ton of pinecones to light on fire, Gandalf-style.