Why didn’t he just give the humans and elves a couple of wheelbarrows full of gold?
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Why didnt he just give the humans and elves a couple of wheelbarrows full of gold?
Why didn’t he just give the humans and elves a couple of wheelbarrows full of gold?
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Dwarves are known for being greedy and the treasures there are capable of driving people sick with greed and clouding their mind. This is likely coupled with the fact that Melkors spirit is literally imbued into Middle Earth itself and he can exert some influence on individuals and it's in his interest for them all to fight. Also the rings of power given to dwarves amplified their greed rather than corrupting them in the same way as it does humans. This has likely been passed down through the ages making dwarves even greedier than they naturally are.
That's to say nothing over whether or not he was right to keep everything to himself.
He was absolutely in the right to keep everything.
>but muh elves
Frick them. The stone or whatever they were after was his.
>but muh destroyed human town
Literally not his problem. Who the frick lives near a dragon's lair anyway?
>Literally not his problem. Who the frick lives near a dragon's lair anyway?
It wasn't a Dragon's lair when they first settled there. Dwarves and men of Dale used to be friends back in the day and traded with each other. Then one of the Dwarf Kings became a sheckle ignore israelitebag and that is what attracted a dragon.
>Why don't you give the filthy beggars and thieves hanging outside your house a bunch of your inheritance because...because you just should, okay!
>Why should you give those who gave you shelter and food and killed the occupier of your house -so you might return and live there again- and lost great parts of their own home town in the process, any form of compensation and/or reward?
Ftfy
Dragon-Sickness
frick em that's why
He was moronic. A strong heroic king like him had no need to be greedy. He could've lived another 500 years mining the mountain, his ancestors had no problem trading with the others. The problem in theory was an affront to his honor by their demands, but that's little more than a misunderstanding to any competent person. His ingratitude to Bilbo, Bard, Gandalf, and everyone else is not explained in the films. It's all more befitting of an old washed-up character LIKE HE IS IN THE BOOK.
Its an allegory for zionism.
you don't increase your horde by giving it away
He trooned out
Everyone with an army would march to the front door and demand gold
happened anyway
No matter the setting, dwarves are idiots.
Always hated the casting in the hobbit. Most of the dwarves just look like regular dudes but slightly shorter.
Because they didn't deserve it. Humans and elves both betrayed them first
Because of all the dwarves early life section. That’s why.
Yeah, free money - THAT'LL make 'em go away. Guess how I know you're californian...
did jenny really go looting?
How do you think she scored the spider?
Thorin only controlled 1/14th of the mountain anyway. Bilbo or any of the dwarves could've paid to reconstruct Lake Town, especially Bilbo who left virtually everything behind. I don't think this is addressed in the book, just diverted to a fight over the Arkenstone (yet another ring/silmaril equivalent) which elves and men were certainly not entitled to demand, so Bilbo stole it to create conflict.
He gave up his share and only got some consolation prizes
after the drama
Why didn't Gollum just give up on the ring and get into day trading?
Why didn't Sam win over the hearts and minds of Isengard and Mordor with a garden festival?
The whole plot of the book is to bring back wheelbarrows full of gold. There was no need for political messaging of any sort.
dwarves are supposed to look like this, not just short humans
Dwarves are basically israelites.
he got israelite-sickness