i honestly cant stand the way in female!bilbo baggins stories, the writers have her just convert to dwarven culture.
why is being adopted by someone she met last week, and why is she agreeing?? shes the head of her family, and she just allows this to happen knowing for a fact that the strangers that just adopted her now have more say than they should over her life.
in addition why the braids? bilbo (bella, bilba, billbary whatever) just wants to cut her hair, yes the dwarves sees that as a punishment but shes dont a dwarf. shes inquistive about their culture and tries as respectful despite how it goes againsts hers. why cant she just cut her hair. its seems small, but out of the 200 + female bilbo baggins stories ive read this is happened in 176 of them. i just found one today that actually let her cut her hair when shes in the company and i was so happy.
finally i just wanna say i love it when writer point out the double standards the company has. they dont want bilbo (bella, bilba, billbary whatever) knowing their secrets and their languages but jump at her when shes doesnt tell them one thing about her life despite the fact shes very open about it. its not just the hobbit fanfiction its with alot of fanfiction where cultures clash. i wish people can hold others in the same regards as themselves.