āImagine having a child that refuses to hug you or even look you in the eyesā
Imagine being shamed, as a child, for not showing affection in a way that is unnatural or even painful for you. Imagine being forced, as a child, to show affection in a way that is unnatural or even painful for you. Imagine being told, as a child, that your ways of expressing affection werenāt good enough. Imagine being taught, as a child, to associate physical affection with pain and coercion.
Bilbo was declared dead while he was away in the Hobbit (and had to do a bunch of paperwork to get declared alive again) but thereās no indication he was formally declared dead after leaving the Shire, even though most people assumed he had died.
Therefore I posit: having a missing person declared dead in the Shire requires the consent of their next of kin. Whoever Bilboās next of kin was at the time of the Hobbit (possibly Otho? Iām not sure) had him declared dead at the first opportunity but Frodo refused to ever do it.
Frodo had anxious hobbit bureaucrats knocking on his door every couple of years likeĀ āMr Bagginsā¦ bleaseā¦ itās been 10 yearsā¦ he was eleventy-oneā¦ can we fill out his death certificate yetā and Frodo was likeĀ āabsolutely notā.
Early on he genuinely couldnāt bring himself too but after a while it was more that he enjoyed irritating the local magistrateās office than anything else.
Yāall know when Mulan is sitting in the rain and watches her parents silhouette disappear as the candle is blown out and then her eyes squint in determination and the music that starts to play and you see her go into the family temple and light a match and bow in respect and then sneak into her parents room and switch the scroll for her hair brooch and then the way her reflection is shown as she pulls the sword and cuts her hair?? Itās literally more iconic than any marvel movie
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