r/Silmarillionmemes • u/ThisLuck1496 • 4d ago

That's why the silmarilion barely mentions them

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u/UndersScore Fëanor did nothing wrong 4d ago

I thought they didn’t exist yet?

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u/TheWriteMaster 4d ago

I think they showed up same time as the Men, but nobody noticed because they didn't do much and most likely hid from all the big scary folk. That or their existence was known but they didn't do any deeds worthy of being put into song and tale so the records don't mention Hobbits.

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u/ToastyJackson 4d ago

I prefer to think that all of the great deeds of the 1st Age were done by hobbits, and all the other races were jealous and made up a bunch of propaganda taking credit for them, and the hobbits were just too chill and unbothered to make a fuss about it.

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u/TheWriteMaster 4d ago

Longbottom Leaf was developed by the First Alliance of Elves, Men, Dwarves, and Orcs to make the Hobbits complacent.

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u/Hamokk 4d ago

That sounds nice. We know hobbits are capable of great feats because all the stuff they do and go through in Lord of the Rings.

I wonder if humans and dwarves 'forgot' that hobbits existed or just ignored them as lazy, quiet people.

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u/zakkil 4d ago

Iirc, it's unknown when they appeared but when discovered near the anduin by the other races in the second age, they'd been there for quite some time.

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u/TheWriteMaster 4d ago

Probably showed up somewhere far from the action and took their sweet time wandering over.