[Dain]

There are a few other discrepencies in the Hobbit, though I really love it as a book. For one, none of the Dwarves are anywhere as tough as Gimli, at least, not until the end when they are in an actual battle. And, it is never mentioned that Gimli brings any musical instrument along with him on the ring quest... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

The way dwarves and elves behave can be explained a bit by the "Bilbo's perspective theory" and the fact that he had to be the hero so he had to always rescue them. But who says Troll's don't talk like the ones in The Hobbit? Do we ever see Trolls up close again? And are we sure there are no Giants? Because Tolkien mentions a lot of other things off-hand in other places, like werewolves and vampires, that he doesn't fully explain but are apparently as much a part of middle earth as Elves and Hobbits, just a little less defined...