The real reason Tolkien killed Thorin, Kíli and Fíli is because he knew that, if they lived, Bilbo wouldn't have gone back to The Shire. I mean, he found his dwarven family, why would he want to go back to a lonely life, even in the comfiest of all hobbit houses? No, he had to break Bilbo's heart to drive him away from Erebor.
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