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  1. Public Bookmark 72

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    Bilbo has been living in Erebor for a while now, but he's surprised when he learns from Balin that he's caught the eye of a few of the mountain's dwarves.

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  2. Public Bookmark 38

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    The Hobbits, Fili and Kili, discovered this when they visited Bilbo to deliver in person the letter and gifts from their uncle, who was not yet recovered enough from his injuries to travel, were very strange creatures with some very strange traditions.

    They just did not realise how much yet.

    Their ways of getting married, in particular, were most unexpected, but that would be up to their uncle to sort it out.

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    17 Aug 2025

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    When they reach their majority, every hobbit is encouraged to carve or forge a spoon that would be their Love Spoon. It’s a very sacred process as no talking can be done during the crafting of the spoon. All of their energy must be concentrated on pouring their hopes and dreams for the future into their spoon. Reflecting especially on what type of spouse would compliment them most, what type of marriage they hope to have, and what vows they would make to honor and cherish them. The symbols etched into their spoon would showcase all of this so that way when their future spouse used it for the first time, they knew exactly what they were getting out of this marriage. And that’s it. Once someone has taken a bite from a dish prepared by the spoon’s owner, they are married in the eyes of the Shire. The act is reciprocated, and the lucky couple move in together in marital bliss.

    Bilbo agonized over his spoon. A spoon no one ever seemed to want, and he had accepted his fate at no one ever eating from. Then a company of dwarves invaded his dining room, and their leader took a bite...

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    09 Aug 2025

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    To satisfy the curiosity of some Very Important busybodies, Bilbo might have to pretend that this whole questing business is a front for an old hobbit wedding tradition. If something out there in the wild doesn’t kill him this year, he might just die of embarrassment instead.

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    15 Jul 2025

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    Bilbo had a sudden, cheerful realization. “Oh, my, this must mean you’ve already dealt with the problem of the dragon without me!”

    Bofur frowned. “Bilbo, no–”

    “Sorry, you haven’t dealt with the dragon?”

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    Or: the Consort of Erebor loses about seven years of memory.

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    14 Jul 2025