[ SECRET POST #2576 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2576 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I thought the books made a point that beyond tough feet with curly hair on them and pointed ears, hobbits looked just like humans, only smaller.

Really, about the only problem would be the whitewashing, since the Harfoots are supposed to be brown skinned, as the most common hobbit, and only Fallohides were fair skinned, and only Tooks had any Fallohide blood.

[ryttu3k]

Right - doesn't Bergil mistake Pippin for a kid his age?

[(Anonymous)]

I always interpreted it as "brown-skinned" meaning "tanned," since the hobbits, like most of the other races, were meant to represent western/northern Europeans. Especially since "fair" is almost exclusively used in the books to mean "good-looking," and "fair" as a color marker means blond (like "fair-haired.") The hobbits were supposed to be quintessential rural English types, and I've seen "brown-skinned" used in other contemporary to LOTR to mean "tan."

[(Anonymous)]

Same here. Just super English. Some of which have naturally olivey tanned skin especially doing outdoorsy work. Don't think it's whitewashing on the movies' behalf, but of course could always take issue with Tolkien's conceptions of races.

[(Anonymous)]

I assumed they meant brown-skinned like tanned from being outside, or just not really pale, but not black (or any other non-white race).

[lunabee34]

I agree. I thought they looked like little plump humans with curly hair and big old hairy feet.

[(Anonymous)]

By this description, I'M a Hobbit! :D

[lunabee34]

Heeeeee. :)

[dragonimp]

Do the books actually mention pointy ears? I don't remember that they do, but I only made it through them once and that was about 10 years ago now.

[tree_and_leaf]

The books don't, but there's a letter where Tolkien describes them as having "sightly elvish" ears.