Let's be honest, that feeling hasn't changed.
Now, you all know how much I love anything Tolkien, especially The Hobbit. (You're going to get a background story here, Just go with it. I'm an English major; it happens.) When I saw the first "Hobbit" movie, I noticed this guy in the background during the dinner party just eating. Everyone is staring in awe at the key Gandalf gives Thorin, and this guy is staring at a hard boiled egg in his hand. The food has long been cleared away, and he somehow has food in his hand and is chewing in the background.
This is Bombur, descendant of the Dwarves of Moria. He is introduced in the first chapter of the book as "immensely fat and heavy" (which is good for a dwarf) and later they describe him running for his life as "poor Bombur, who was fat, and staggered along with the sweat dripping down his nose in his heat and terror." He is constantly described just so throughout the story, and his portrayal in the movie was perfect.
So, when I saw this snippet at the beginning of the second movie, I almost peed my pants I was laughing so hard. And, of course, it reminded me of this:
But it gets even better! I was watching the Behind the Scenes featurette for this (yes, I am that person) and the actor actually ran with that huge fat suit on. Peter Jackson told everyone else to run as fast as they could and then told Stephen Hunter to run faster. And when everyone else laughed and doubted he could do it, HE PASSED THEM BY! They did four takes and each time, he put the speed on and went for it.
Bearing that in mind, I decided he needed to become my running mascot!
And a friend of mine agreed to draw Bombur in TNT gear for me. Without further ado, I'd like to introduce to you Katherine's wonderful art!
He even knows how to rock the cowbells!
I am absolutely in love. He's going up on the sidebar of this blog. I think I will have to bring him along to the actual race too!
Go, Bombur, go!
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