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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8702981" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Right the single, exceptional odd-ball went there then back again. When forced to by a divine wizard and 12 dwarves. So, Bilbo went on an adventure, we can even say he counts. Frodo, Sam, Pippen and Merry were chased by great evil and had no choice in the matter, in fact, they basically had this thrust upon them by Bilbo and Gandalf. And... every other hobbit or halfling in the shire? Farmer Maggot? The lady who wanted to buy Bilbo's house? Sam's Wife? Did literally any of them leave their home in the Shire? The problem with the trope of the exceptional oddball, is that they are exceptional and not the norm. And when you are talking about the norm, you have to consider EVERYONE ELSE. And everyone else didn't go on adventures, they stayed home.</blockquote>