As a writer, I find it both amusing and terrifying, and I think if I was reading it for the first time now, I'd be all "REALLY GUYS?" So the Arkenstone Plan in the movie makes sense (um, well, kind of), but in "real life", Gandalf's entire strategy is "add one Hobbit*, stir."
*For more interesting results, consider adding more than one hobbit.
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Date: 2014-01-20 12:00 am (UTC)*For more interesting results, consider adding more than one hobbit.