bookverse Hobbit recs?

[kindkit]

I saw the Hobbit movie a couple of weeks ago and it didn't do much for me, but I did find myself motivated to read the book, which I liked much better.

So does anybody have recommendations for good bookverse fic? I'm particularly interested in character studies (especially but not exclusively Bilbo-focused), or outside views of the events (e.g. from the people in the lake town), or anything sharing Tolkien's notable if intermittent skepticism about the whole "heroic revenge quest" business.

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[princessofgeeks]

LOTR was my first fandom and the first one I discovered online.

Back around 2002, there was a ton of stuff available, and even some Hobbit bookverse stuff. As you know, the entire fandom really took off because of the Jackson movies of LOTR.

The main archive I know about from those days is Henneth Annun.

ithiliana and msilverstar have been around this fandom for at least ten years and probably have links to other resources too.

replying very belatedly because I've been sick

[kindkit]

Thanks for the suggestions! Now that I'm sort of functional again I'll have to check out the archive.