Otho and Lobelia Apply for a Mortgage - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

alatar · 10-10-2008, 01:32 PM

Been rereading The Fellowship of the Ring as part of the hundredth reread. What struck me as odd this time through, though maybe it's just me, is that when Otho and Lobelia try to burgle Bag End from the 'there and back again' Bilbo, Otho is only 31 and Lobelia is 23 years in age. Didn't Hobbits come of age at the magical number of 33? Was Otho premature?

Also, oddly enough, though Otho was 8 years older than Lobelia, they both expended exactly 102 years on this Middle Earth. Quite a coincidence, or just convenient?

10-10-2008, 01:32 PM	#1
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Otho and Lobelia Apply for a Mortgage Been rereading The Fellowship of the Ring as part of the hundredth reread. What struck me as odd this time through, though maybe it's just me, is that when Otho and Lobelia try to burgle Bag End from the 'there and back again' Bilbo, Otho is only 31 and Lobelia is 23 years in age. Didn't Hobbits come of age at the magical number of 33? Was Otho premature? Also, oddly enough, though Otho was 8 years older than Lobelia, they both expended exactly 102 years on this Middle Earth. Quite a coincidence, or just convenient? __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.