Thorin Dreamboatshield: An Unexpected Hotness of Dwarves

[sarahtales]

Originally published at Sarah Rees Brennan. You can comment here or there.

PETER JACKSON: Dear Sir Ian, here’s my script of THE HOBBIT. Please come be Gandalf!
SIR IAN MCKELLAN: Nah.
PETER JACKSON: Dear Sir Ian, holy God, the success of these movies rests on your celebrated and award-winning silvery head. Please, please, please be Gandalf! Here’s my

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[jessalae]

DWARVES: Is he bold? No one braver.
DWARVES: Is he sweet? Our favourite flavour.

You are my hero.

[barbarienne]

The day I heard Richard Armitage was going to play Thorin, I was all "WTF? Six-foot-three-inch slice of hotness walking to play an older dwarf?" And then I saw the first promo photo and realized they weren't going to waste Richard Armitage's finest qualities at all.

Re the stone giants: That's more-or-less true to canon. The company is forced into the caves where the orcs catch them because stone giants are playing on the mountainsides in a thunderstorm.

Also, props on the "Gaston" song reference. I had a very difficult time falling asleep a couple of nights ago because I was earwormed by the line "I'm exceptionally good at expectorating."

[sarahtales]

I have read the book, I was just expecting them to play it a bit metaphorically. ;) Mind you, what I was most concerned about was keeping the washing up scene, and since they did, I was happy!

[elsajeni]

What I reeeeeally wish they'd kept in was the orcs' Fifteen Birds in Five Fir-Trees song. It's scarier that way!

[barbarienne]

Since no one has mentioned it, I assume there's no "Where there's a whip, there's a way" song.

(Yes, have not yet seen it. Fully intend to.)

[thegreatmissjj]

THORIN DREAMBOATSHIELD IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. (Helloooooooooooo, Richard Armitage. Mmm-hmm.)

Personally I couldn't get over the fact that Radagast the Brown was the Seventh Doctor from Doctor Who. And even weirder is the fact that I could totally see the Doctor travelling to Middle Earth to raise hedgehogs from the dead. o_O

[the_s_guy]

When hedgehogs need a doctor, Radagast's the real McCoy.

[thegreatmissjj]

Someone needs to write the fanfic.

[elouise82]

This was perfect. Especially since I was feverish while watching the movie (and no, not JUST due to Richard Armitage's hotness) (though that did contribute), and so the whole thing pretty much played as a parody of itself anyway. But I loved it anyway (to which Richard Armitage's hotness also contributed).

Also, my husband keeps referring to Radagast as Ramandu. Totally unwittingly.

[wendyzski]

I too am suffering from Hot Dwarf Cognitive Dissonance

[sarahtales]

They actually weren't unexpected, since I knew who was cast and am familiar with the actors' work, but I was bepunning. ;)