I feel like Bilbo would teach the elves of Rivendell the concept of a mathom with the express purpose of oh so politely asking them over dinner how were the Silmarils not a mathom
Random Feanorian elf inherited by Elrond: That’s not… No.
Bilbo: Oh so they were useful?
Elf: Well. No, not exactly
Bilbo: But the owners didn’t want to throw them away.
Elf: Yeah
Bilbo: And they were in possession of several people over the course of years.
Elf: Yeah
Bilbo: That’s a mathom.
Elf: No! We loved them because were very pretty!!! And one of a kind!!! Crafted by hands more skilled than any of ours!!!
Bilbo: Yes, like my great aunt’s set of painted dishcloths
Elf, in tears: The Silmarils were not like your great aunt’s set of painted dishcloths
Bilbo: How’s The Great Mathom War as a title for a poem about the First Age?
By the way, it’s important to me that Elrond supports Bilbo’s claim and finds it quite insightful actually
Coming out of my cage and I’ve been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down, because I want it all
It was only a fish
IT WAS ONLY A FISH
#now I’m out of the sea #and I’m up on the land #and I’m growing a leg #and I’m learning to stand #now I’m taking a step #I’m no longer a fish #I don’t know what I am #but I’m going to RUN NOW #OUT UNDER THE SUN NOW #THERE I GOOOOOOO
this got Numbers on twitter so i’m posting here cause i literally have nothing else going on but working on my webcomic which you can read here and support here
