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An Expected Journey
“I just wish…”
“What do you wish?”
“I wish I could have changed it all.”
For years Bilbo has written about his adventures and told stories about his dealings with dwarves and dragons. To most it seemed like fanciful nonsense but to Bilbo it was all very real. A weight followed him home from his travels, one called regret. Now in his final moments Bilbo has a choice to make – go quietly into death’s embrace or go back again and face all the fear and pain for the chance to make things right?
Of course, change is a fickle thing and not everything can be done again as Bilbo is about to find out. In the end, it may not only be salvation that he’s fighting for.
The Hobbit Fanfiction
Words: 294,971 Chapters: 70
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6583...
“What do you wish?”
“I wish I could have changed it all.”
For years Bilbo has written about his adventures and told stories about his dealings with dwarves and dragons. To most it seemed like fanciful nonsense but to Bilbo it was all very real. A weight followed him home from his travels, one called regret. Now in his final moments Bilbo has a choice to make – go quietly into death’s embrace or go back again and face all the fear and pain for the chance to make things right?
Of course, change is a fickle thing and not everything can be done again as Bilbo is about to find out. In the end, it may not only be salvation that he’s fighting for.
The Hobbit Fanfiction
Words: 294,971 Chapters: 70
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6583...
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399 pages, ebook
Published July 29, 2014
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July 24, 2025
this was such an amazing, painful journey to read. absolutely loved it. nearly as perfect as Sansukh was.
February 13, 2018
Yes, I know this is technically a fanfiction but with the amount of time and dedication it took me to complete this 70 chaptered (freaking 294, 971 words) story - I'm sure as hell going to list it as one of my reads for the month.
Just finished The Hobbit recently and was craving a fix-it Bagginshield fic and I remember enjoying this one, yet I didn't have it bookmarked on A03 for some reason. Having just finished it - I now remember why I did that. I was completely disappointed with the last 5 to 8 chapters of the story. Now I feel like I need a fix-it fic for my fix-it fic. #notamused #howdidImissthemajorcharacterdeathtag #fml
SUCH a fantastic read otherwise, I'm just super salty about that ending.
Just finished The Hobbit recently and was craving a fix-it Bagginshield fic and I remember enjoying this one, yet I didn't have it bookmarked on A03 for some reason. Having just finished it - I now remember why I did that. I was completely disappointed with the last 5 to 8 chapters of the story. Now I feel like I need a fix-it fic for my fix-it fic. #notamused #howdidImissthemajorcharacterdeathtag #fml
SUCH a fantastic read otherwise, I'm just super salty about that ending.
February 1, 2020
Very cool retelling of The Hobbit. Well-written (which is always surprising for a fanfiction). This is my first novel length fic. I thought I'd hate it, but it kept my attention ... and also managed to break my heart and mend it in-between.
December 30, 2018
I don't usually add fanfiction here, for some reason... but then I figured, why the heck not. All these words I'm reading should count for something. It's weird reviewing fic like a book, but I'll try my best.
One of my favourite things was how, especially in the beginning, there were so many details about how Bilbo just can't let go of being old, how he still reaches for glasses, is frequently taken off guard by his good health, etc. Another was how the author treated her non-canon additions - with a kind of ease that suggests like they're not her own invention at all, but rather something she found in Tolkien's letters. Then also, while I'm reaaaally not into graphic violence, the scenes felt fitting and it wouldn't have been the same without them.
Now onto some light criticism... I know people don't write fic like novels, but I felt like the atmosphere really took a turn for the dark towards the end... as in, REALLY. To the point where it felt less like development and more like inconsistency to me personally, but that may be A. my own thing, B. again, people don't tend to actually plan out their fics (most people, at least), so it's sorta unfair to judge it like a novel. And I do understand the necessity to send Thorin through all the angst to finally force some character development upon this thick-headed dwarf.
But yeah.. as far as "travelling back in time/born again" fics go, I sort of don't even feel the need to read another, tbh. This is a solid 4/5.
One of my favourite things was how, especially in the beginning, there were so many details about how Bilbo just can't let go of being old, how he still reaches for glasses, is frequently taken off guard by his good health, etc. Another was how the author treated her non-canon additions - with a kind of ease that suggests like they're not her own invention at all, but rather something she found in Tolkien's letters. Then also, while I'm reaaaally not into graphic violence, the scenes felt fitting and it wouldn't have been the same without them.
Now onto some light criticism... I know people don't write fic like novels, but I felt like the atmosphere really took a turn for the dark towards the end... as in, REALLY. To the point where it felt less like development and more like inconsistency to me personally, but that may be A. my own thing, B. again, people don't tend to actually plan out their fics (most people, at least), so it's sorta unfair to judge it like a novel. And I do understand the necessity to send Thorin through all the angst to finally force some character development upon this thick-headed dwarf.
But yeah.. as far as "travelling back in time/born again" fics go, I sort of don't even feel the need to read another, tbh. This is a solid 4/5.
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