at least ascii art makes The Hobbit more interesting.

Look, I've been reading. I'll prove it.

The dwarves, despite all of their exclamation marks, got over their anger and continued on to a

  _        _    _  _______   _____ _____        ___   _ 
 | |      / \  | |/ / ____| |_   _/ _ \ \      / / \ | |
 | |     / _ \ | ' /|  _|     | || | | \ \ /\ / /|  \| |
 | |___ / ___ \| . \| |___    | || |_| |\ V  V / | |\  |
 |_____/_/   \_\_|\_\_____|   |_| \___/  \_/\_/  |_| \_|
                                                        

where Throin (HAHA! Thorin, not Throin.  I can only wish this was a children's book where a character's name rhymed with "Groin") was treated like a friggin god and everybody ate and drank and smoked until they were fattened up a bit and grew big healthy beards. Then they continued about their merry way until they hit the

  _                  _                                     _        _       
 | | ___  _ __   ___| |_   _   _ __ ___   ___  _   _ _ __ | |_ __ _(_)_ __  
 | |/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \ | | | | | '_ ` _ \ / _ \| | | | '_ \| __/ _` | | '_ \ 
 | | (_) | | | |  __/ | |_| | | | | | | | (_) | |_| | | | | |_ (_| | | | | |
 |_|\___/|_| |_|\___|_|\__, | |_| |_| |_|\___/ \__,_|_| |_|\__\__,_|_|_| |_|
                       |___/                                                

where they were all subdued by a solid case of The Willies since they knew that This Was It.

I'm having a terrible time disassociating all of this mountain anticipation with Zelda for SNES, but really, isn't this what they were facing, more or less?  Yes, they brought ponies, and yes, the crew rolled 14 deep, but what's Link other than a sword-yielding Hobbit anyway? 

They couldn't find the entrance to the mountain, so they waited it out for a few days and then, in a clearing that more or less felt meaningful, MAGICALLY, a secret door to the mountain opened.  So, that means, they timed their trip exactly to the day of the anniversary of the goblin/troll/dwarf birthday/equinox situation or something, which is the one day that this door would open.   Good going, Tolkien.

The crew convinces Bilbo to go inside (invisibly), and...there's a

inside.

THEN, SOMEONE WOKE ME UP ON THE Q TRAIN JUST BEFORE I MISSED MY STOP! 

Comments

[finn]

natalie, I think there's something wrong. your "ascii art" appears to be composed of embedded images.

[nataliepo]

Don't get me started on this blasphemous ascii art (@CAPNDESIGN!). Rich text editors, raw-text editors, post-save callbacks and I are members of rival internet-street gangs, so it just isn't meant to be.

[nataliepo]

AND @FINN

[nataliepo]

NOW WITH MORE ASCII ART!

screw this blog, i'm going to mexico.

[Ezra]

Izzat Figlet?