September 17, 2003

Hobbits Do Have Slightly Pointed Ears!
Niphredil

For those interested, apparently Hobbits do have pointy ears:

"I am afraid, if you will need drawings of hobbits in various attitudes, I must leave it in the hands of someone who can draw. ... I picture a fairly human figure ... fattish in the stomach, shortish in the leg. A round, jovial face; ears only slightly pointed and 'elvish'; hair short and curling (brown)."
JRRT - Letters #27, writing to Houghton Mifflin circa March-April 1938

I take my hat off to PJ and Co. They must have really done their homework. I have to say I always pictured hobbits with ‘human’ ears.