ext_180961 ([identity profile] rhyselle.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] b2mem2012-03-04 11:33 pm

I22 - Took Blood Breeds True

B2MeM Challenge: I22 - Alternate Viewpoints – A Thief in the Night – The Hobbit

Format:  Drabble

Title:  Took Blood Breeds True

Genre:  Character Study

Rating: G/K

Warnings:  None

Characters:  Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, Thranduil (mentioned), Bard (mentioned)

Pairings:  N/A

Summary:  The night that Bilbo brought the Arkenstone from the Lonely Mountain, from Gandalf’s perspective.


He had been right to follow the impulse to bring Bilbo Baggins along on this quest, Gandalf thought, puffing on his pipe as he listened to Thranduil and Bard arguing about what should be done with the exhausted and frightened hobbit.

It had taken great courage for Bilbo to steal the Arkenstone out from under the noses of the belligerent dwarves--although just how the hobbit had managed to get away from the dwarven halls unseen was a question he intended to get an answer for as soon as practicable. 

Oh, yes, his friend, Old Gerontius Took, would be proud.


dreamflower: gandalf at bag end (Default)

[personal profile] dreamflower 2012-03-05 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh this is absolute perfection! Perfect Gandalf POV; perfect Bilbo!

[identity profile] grey-wonderer.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
I just love it when Gandalf is proud of any of the hobbits and this is just lovely. Thank you for sharing it.

[identity profile] blslarner.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
And indeed Gerontius had good reason to be proud of this grandson! Perfect look at Bilbo's example of integrity from Gandalf's POV.

Volume 92 / Issue 2

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[identity profile] engarian.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
Bilbo did a great job, that's true.

- Erulisse (one L)