radiorcrist:

oakenshieldbaggins:

kittyprincessofcats:

So, for those who weren’t there, and wanted to know the context of Ken’s quote, here’s what happened:

Me: Hi, I have a question for Ken. In the end of “The Battle of Five Armies” when Bilbo is about to leave Erebor, he says goodbye to Balin and Balin tells him that “Thorin Oakenshield will become a legend”. And Bilbo says “To me, he never was. He was…” and then Bilbo doesn’t quite finish his sentece and doesn’t say what Thorin was to him, but Balin gives him this this look, as if he knew what Bilbo was about to say. I was wondering, what was going through Balin’s mind in that moment?

Ken: Well… Balin knew what Thorin felt for Bilbo.

*audience cheers*

Ken: And I think he wanted to let Bilbo know… that Thorin held him in such high regard… That’s what I think he was doing.

so what ken stott’s saying is that when bilbo tries to explain what thorin was to him in this scene:

balin gives him this look that in fact means ‘thorin felt the same way about you’:

SO YOU’RE TELLING ME BILBO REALIZES AT THIS MOMENT THAT HIS FEELINGS WERE RECIPROCATED?? WHEN THIS IS TOO LATE????

(gifs by x)

And when Ken said that, beside him, Graham was looking at the left side of the audience after he heard someone squealed and he made a knowing look of a smirk. It was either he was amused, or he also agreed with what Ken had said. Oops I choose the latter. I think this cast is out there to kill us with this pain