1. Even Ringbearers have to eat their vegetables.
2. Female hobbits are much more interesting than some slash writers
give them credit for.
3. There are fairy-tale metaphors for every occasion.
4. Buy a bigger bed than you think you'll need.
5. Marriage is a good thing. It provides a veneer of respectability
and lots of excuses for parties, and you may become quite fond of the
person you're married to as well. (Merry, Estella, Dinny, and Pippin)
6. Hobbit children are the cutest creatures *ever*!
7. Saving the world doesn't give you immunity to being bossed for
your own good.
8. Never underestimate the power of an alternate universe.
9. Don't underestimate the power of a female hobbit either.
10. The joys and sorrows of domesticity and three-way hobbit lovin'
are much preferable to going over the sea to be fussed over by Mary
Sues until your loved ones come to help you fend them off.
11. Angst-ridden authors go back to the early Fourth Age.
12. Never insult any of Daisy Gardner's loved ones in front of her.
She may be careful of her clothes, but she won't give a darn about
yours.
13. If Rose Cotton had been the infamous "tenth member of the
fellowship" instead of some lightheaded teenager from earth, the
Quest would have turned out much better. She wouldn't have taken any
crap from some silly enchanted band of metal and big red eye, no
ma'am.
14. Lock up your pastries when the Feared Four are about.
15. Lock up your cleaning supplies, too.
16. Polyamoury is the key to a balanced life: if one of the people you love is skinny, sickly, dreamy, and intellectual and the other person you love is buxom, healthy, brisk, and practical, it all evens out.
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