You treat my joke with far more gravitas than it deserves!
That's the nature of the medium. Until someone invents Spirit-o-Vision(tm) things that can be spiritual/metaphysical/ambiguous in print have to be physical on film.
I'm pretty sure they will explain the mail. Because on TV every detail has to have an elaborate backstory.
Right now they have only a couple nuggets of the stuff and if the Balrog shows next session, I doubt they will have enough mined to save the elves and make a luxury suit of mail for a child elf prince. They might explain it, but if they do, it seems like there's a fair chance that the explanation is going to be pretty weak.
My guess would be Disa will make it for Durin V.
Dwarves are broader than hobbits. I doubt a dwarf child would fit Bilbo the way an child elf prince would.
As you said, explanation weak. But I doubt it would make much difference to fitting an adult hobbit. If it's the right width is might be a little short, but if it was originally intended to cover the groin it would just make it shirt length.
If these three
I’m quite liking the show on its own merits, actually. And I wouldn’t expect an actual play to focus on canonical characters and events the way the show does. I think a show focused on the non-canonical characters Arondir, Bronwyn, Theo, and Adar in the "Southlands" and Nori and the other harfoots encountering "the Stranger" might be better and feel less forced, though.
