I’M UPSET BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE BOOK BALIN IS THE ONLY ONE WHO COMES TO VISIT BILBO LIKE DID BALIN PROMISE TO VISIT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AND ONE DAY SUDDENLY STOPPED COMING AND BILBO THOUGHT THAT HEY MAYBE HE’D GOTTEN TOO BUSY OH WELL IT WAS GOOD WHILE IT LASTED
BUT NO
BALIN’S DEAD
BALIN’S FUCKING DEAD
Imagine when Bilbo finds out through Frodo what happens in Moria and finally realizes why Balin stopped visiting