Bilbo thought it was a cool adventure. The dragon was no accident, it was anticipated
In the book, he and Gandalf were planning the party for months. The whole thing was his plan from the beginning.
No joke, I just got to the part in the Andy Serkis narrated audiobook where Gandalf returns to toss the ring into the fire(place).
Bilbo even comes out to announce that the dragon means supper is being served and the 144 people that get to sit inside the big tent should come on in.
My dumbass just now realizing he chose 144 because it’s a dozen dozen instead of Bilbo being random:
i feel like “does he not like bilbo?” can basically sum up gandalf’s actions in the hobbit more generally
A wizard does not hate, nor does he love. He feels precisely the way he means to.
A cruel jape!
Gandalf was going to tell a tale about Bilbo’s life during the party, and Middle Earth doesn’t have slide projectors.
