In the book they are a little less obviously evil, but the hobbit they pressure for Bilbo's wherabouts leads them in the wrong direction. One of the instances where you can see that hobbits in general hide inner strength behind their soft exteriors.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

I dream of the day I get to give a fascist wrong directions

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago

Look, when you've been dead for centuries you tend to lose a few social graces

[–] aj_jankes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not a great plan