Ouch--well done. Harding is a more typical hobbit than the Travellers and their friends with his dislike of untypical history and love of propriety. Tolkien gets us to love unhobbity/queer hobbits, which makes me wonder, do I love hobbits, or just unhobbity/queer hobbits?
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Date: 2015-03-28 10:47 pm (UTC)