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.