Five lies, one truth meme

[dreamflower]

rhapsody11 tagged me for the "Five Lies, One Truth" meme, with a twist--it should be about one of my muses. She picked Bilbo.

So, here are "five lies, one truth" about my Bilbo.


BILBO: Five lies, one truth

1. He sometimes wishes that he had never gone with the Dwarves. It complicated his life immeasurably.

2. He do not know as much Elvish as Frodo thinks he does.

3. Of all the students he had, the one who gave him the greatest joy to teach was Samwise. Even Frodo did not have the thirst and eagerness for knowledge that young Sam displayed, nor appreciated the learning so much.

4. He find Elves rather irritating and supercilious, and sometimes thinks Rivendell is boring.

5. Frodo does not realize that the only reason he adopted him was to thwart the Sackville-Bagginses. He was very glad later, for many other reasons.

6. Lobelia was rather a handsome lass in her youth. He thinks that if he had shown the proper interest in her, he could have helped to soften her abrasive nature. She might not have made a bad Mistress of Bag End, if he could have gotten to her young enough.


And now I tag:

danachan Pippin and Merry
shirebound Estel (from the Quarantined universe)
surgicalsteel Yalië *
grey_wonderer Errol
gamgeefest the Gaffer

*(Oh, and thank you, gentlehobbit! See my pretty umlaut!)

Comments

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Not familiar with this particular meme - random five lies and one truth about the character in question?

[dreamflower]

Yes, that's it exactly!

[shirebound]

Do we need to pick the true one? I'd guess #3. :D

[dreamflower]

Very astute of you, LOL!

[maidenform.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna say...four.

[dreamflower]

No, actually its #3. Bilbo's quite fond of his Elves, especially since they spoil him rotten.

[danachan.livejournal.com]

Well, we certainly know #6 isn't true. *grin*

[dreamflower]

*shudder* No, that's Lobelia's own fantasy! #3 is the true one!

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

#6 is true. That would explain all those strange love poems comparing a mangy mule to a summer's day that Frodo found after Bilbo left. :P

No seriously - the true one has to be #3.

I got the Gaffer! That should be interesting. I'll try to have that up by tomorrow. :)

[dreamflower]

Yes, you are correct about #3. Sam was a very eager student!

I really loved your ones about the Gaffer--those were great!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Number three the truth maybe?

Oh, and I will pass this challenge along to Errol who will be thrilled to post something. He has been quiet lately.

[dreamflower]

Yes, 3 is correct!

And Errol's post was brilliant--pass the compliment along to him, if you would, please!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

I will do so. Errol loves compliments.

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

And a very pretty umlaut it is indeed! :D

Hmmm -- I guess #5. Somehow it seems right...

[dreamflower]

Thank you! And thanks for the directions!

No, it's only partly true. Actually my Bilbo had always planned to take Frodo in, and only delayed because Menegilda and Esmeralda convinced him Frodo was too young, and still needed a "female touch". But the S.B.s *were* the catalyst for pushing him to go through with it, in spite of female relatives.

#3 is the correct answer.

[lindelea1.livejournal.com]

O my. What a conundrum at first.

You see, I thought it was "five truths and one lie" and I was having a terrible time choosing between them for only #3 seemed at all truthful to me, and yet if there was only *one* lie, which *one* could it be...?

Glad I read it over again.

I had better hit the pillow. Too many late nights and early mornings, and last night was broken--I went to bed at eleven, not too bad considering, and was jolted out of a sound sleep by banging. Lots of banging. Sounded like construction. Hammering. Pound-pound-pound-pound-pound. Repeated.

And just before it stopped I realised that someone was locked out of somewhere, and was banging on his or her door, trying to wake up whoever was inside, to open up. But that sleeper must have been a *sound* sleeper. Sounder than myself, anyhow.

So here I go, trying it again, and hoping that the hammering neighbour remembered his/her keys tonight.

[dreamflower]

Yes, #3 is the true one.

And I hope you got some rest finally!

[lindelea1.livejournal.com]

But really, I think you ought to write #6 as a nightmare, the result of indigestion or some such thing.

Such a relief to wake up!

[dreamflower]

Oh, poor Bilbo! What a nightmare that would be--it would make dragons and trolls and goblins seem like pleasant dreams in comparison, poor fellow!