There's also an added poignancy to the trilogy, knowing that this terrible battle doesn't stop what happens down the line, in LOTR. Just like in real life, you can fight a terrible scrambling selfish war of necessity, of survival, and still have it recur for the next generation.
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Which is why it matters all the more that Bilbo's treasure, the most important thing he takes home, is an acorn: something small to plant for the future. The seed of the spreading oak we see him laugh beneath in his eventual old age.
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There's plenty of bad in the world right now, and lots of us are chasing after Arkenstones in the hope that they'll magically fix the future. But maybe we just need acorns. Acorns, and hope. Kindness, and the courage to speak truth to power. To know when to let go of grudges.
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