{"id":89927,"date":"2014-06-12T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=89927"},"modified":"2014-06-11T23:29:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T04:29:33","slug":"hobbitception-one-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/12\/89927-hobbitception-one-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbitception: One Year Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89929 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/705045_625021660859645_739866881_o-300x95.png\" alt=\"705045_625021660859645_739866881_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/705045_625021660859645_739866881_o-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/705045_625021660859645_739866881_o-1024x325.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/705045_625021660859645_739866881_o-600x190.png 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/705045_625021660859645_739866881_o.png 1218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don\u2019t keep your feet, there\u2019s no knowing where you might be swept off to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just that happened to my sister and me exactly a year ago, however we never even stepped out our door! One June 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013, the first <em>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/em> trailer hit the internet in the U.S. and since we didn\u2019t have time to write up our responses for TheOneRing.net, we decided to film our reaction to the trailer (watch <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=52ktuLmy8pM\">here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>We never expected more than our 15 &#8220;hardcore&#8221; fans to watch our reaction video at the time, much less ever thought that PJ and the cast and crew would not only see it, but film their own response (watch <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qQ1LCvs8Xcc\">Happy Elves<\/a><\/strong>)! For two young women who didn&#8217;t even know that posting trailer reactions was a &#8220;thing,&#8221; getting launched into the international news was even more unexpected, but it has been such an amazing unexpected journey. To be rewarded for being our unrestrained, embarrassing selves (see just how so in our reaction to the cast&#8217;s reaction <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uPhISIi008E\">here<\/a><\/strong>) is a boon to not only our little show, but to our souls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Huffington-Post.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89928 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Huffington-Post-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Huffington Post!\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Huffington-Post-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Huffington-Post-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Huffington-Post-600x339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Huffington-Post.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are forever grateful to Jackson and his team. As a result, we celebrate the support our Facebook page has received (3k likes!) and that of our YouTube channel (5.5k!) by sharing this video that is a compilation of the \u201cdeleted scenes\u201d from our reaction videos that we had cut out at the time. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUSH2pc69Gw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A year after that fateful night, we are now packing and preparing to leave for Denver Comic Con, not as attendees, but as panel participants. We will have our own <a href=\"https:\/\/guidebook.com\/guide\/19651\/event\/9029989\/\">Happy Hobbit panel<\/a> and fan table and are so excited to meet as many of our viewers as possible. This path has led to San Diego Comic Con 2013 where we got to <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/w1vhLpCxIj4\">meet Evangeline Lilly<\/a> and Manu Bennett and to the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/uTyAijFVKUo\"><em>DOS<\/em> World Premiere<\/a> in Hollywood in December where we had a blast chatting with the cast and crew.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2747.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89930 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2747-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2747\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2747-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2747-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2747-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_3005-e1402545472132.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89931 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_3005-e1402545472132-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3005\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_3005-e1402545472132-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_3005-e1402545472132-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_3005-e1402545472132-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_3005-e1402545472132.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/everyone.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89933 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/everyone-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"everyone\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/everyone-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/everyone-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/everyone-600x309.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/everyone.jpg 1479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bilbo-7.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89934 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bilbo-7-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"bilbo 7\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bilbo-7-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bilbo-7-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bilbo-7-600x313.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/bilbo-7.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kellie-alex-dos-premiere.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89932 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kellie-alex-dos-premiere-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kellie alex dos premiere\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kellie-alex-dos-premiere-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kellie-alex-dos-premiere-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kellie-alex-dos-premiere-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/kellie-alex-dos-premiere.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People always ask us what it feels like to live a Middle-earth fan\u2019s dream, and the answer is simple: It hasn\u2019t sunk in yet. One year later, it all still feels so blissfully surreal.<\/p>\n<p>We wouldn\u2019t have had this adventure of a lifetime without TheOneRing.net, our viewers, and of course, Peter Jackson, Weta and their team. As Gandalf says in <em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/em>, \u201cI found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.\u201d What was a small act of kindness from Peter Jackson\u2019s team and the cast sent ripples of joy through our lives and by extension, through the lives of the thousands experiencing the adventure alongside us through our videos.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hannon le.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TORnHappyHobbit\">Happy Hobbit<\/a><\/strong> is still going strong and we have many episodes planned for this summer, including our first ever Happy Hobbit movie! While fandom has given us uncountable joys, one of the greatest is building a community with our fellow Tolkien fans and knowing that, even if only for a moment, we have made you smile. I\u2019ve lost track of how many messages we\u2019ve received from people saying that the best cure for a bad mood is to watch Happy Hobbit! Perhaps our fan Ian McDermott summarizes it best:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Happy Hobbit&#8217; has become a haven for me, a gentle and caring respite for the jaded, world-weary traveller; a place where good cheer and whimsy rule for no better reason than to bring happiness to others. Hannon le, ladies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please note we will also be participating in TORn\u2019s panels at Denver Comic Con throughout the weekend, including the big party Friday night at the Dino hotel (the Best Western Southwest), so keep your eyes peeled for our coverage on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TORnHappyHobbit\">Facebook <\/a><\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HappyHobbit1\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>! I will also be participating in several writing panels, including one about the making of my book <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Darkling-ebook\/dp\/B00DMNZIEA\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1372623817&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=darkling\"><em>Darkling<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. 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