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Mountain Flower by QueenEXIII
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
13 Jul 2025
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It was a well-known truth that Hobbits, especially those of the most respectable families, did not leave the Shire. And why would they ever wish to? Everything they needed was within the safe and comfortable boundaries. Life in the Shire was peaceful and full of joy; as the only needs of a Hobbit are good food, good company, and good ale. Any outsiders who ventured into the Shire, whether passing through or for trade, were looked at with little welcome and quite a bit of suspicion.
So, on the rare occasion that a Hobbit expressed their wishes to venture beyond the safety of the Shire or, Lady Yavanna forbid, actually do so, they would be considered to be more than a little mad and not at all a respectable sort. And all the habitants of the Shire knew that there was no Hobbit madder and completely unrespectable than Belladonna Took.
That is, until her daughter, Bluebell Baggins left the Shire – with little more than a quickly scrawled note leaving Bag End to her cousin Drogo – in the company of Dwarves.Chroí is irish for heart btw. I love the idea of hobbits being a lot like the Irish - after all we have a lot in common!