#i feel like frodo

[pearlswine]

funny feelings

[cemeterything]

finished reading homestuck

[modernbaseball]

Fighting off both the sickness and the fear, Frodo gripped Sam's hand.

Then as he stood, darkness about him and a blackness of despair and anger in his heart. it seemed to him that he saw a light: a light in his mind, almost unbearably bright at first, as a sun-ray to the eyes of one long hidden in a windowless pit. Then the light became colour: green, gold, silver, white.

[abbycadoodle]

the hobbitses <3

[ic3-que3n]

I MADE IT. ITS STILL SUNDAY.

I’ve been working so so hard on a very large project and I’m so happy to say ITS FUCKING DONE!!!!!

So

this is the last WIP teasing characters.

Now what was this project? It is a sexy white underwear calendar (mainly for me and @theearlgreymage ) but I’m slow so it will be a February to January one 😂

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[ultfreakme]

DID DALLAS LIU JUST SAY. START SHIPPING ZUKKA. I-

I AM GOING TO-

ZUKKA CONFIRMED???????????

He's hilarious like Mai and Suki are right there, they have been cast, Yue is also right the fuck there and these two went "nope, all in on the queerbait train."

I hope they keep it up LMAO

[sunnibits]

god. something about samfro is so…

[littleguy-pi]

Pt 2

Also I think Sam is the only one of the fellowship hobbits that would both have his drivers license and be trusted to drive.

[writer-of-random-things]

Can we just consider how everybody in LOTR and The Hobbit was so kind to Gollum? Bilbo let him live when he could've easily killed him (indeed, Bilbo has killed other potentially dangerous creatures, such as the spiders, on his adventure). Because of Bilbo's pity for Gollum, Frodo pities him too. Sam is distrustful of Gollum but lets him be. Before he escaped from Mirkwood, the elves let him have fresh air and exercise, in hopes that he could change.

Maybe all of it made no difference in the end, but it's still very important to me. They did not blame Gollum for falling under the corruption of the ring. Sure, the kindness towards Gollum could've been entirely fueled by pity and little empathy, but even pity shows that there is another option in the face of hate. Gollum, even when it seemed obvious to the readers or viewers that the ring has possessed him for too long, was never deemed too weak or broken to be given another chance.

I think there is something about it that is so beautiful in its tragedy; that even if you are lost and unforgivable and damaged beyond repair, you are not the villain.

[oloreandil]

as a chronically ill person with asthenia and particular ways of speaking, i've always felt uncomfortable with how Frodo is treated as a weakling and a wimp by so many lotr fans. not only does it ignore how insanely heavy the weight of his burden is (regardless of how constantly the narrative and characters repeat it in like. extremely plain terms), but it often leads to ableist comments of "well other characters were in pain too and they dealt with it better, AND without whining all the time :/"

however, listening to the audiobook, i'm only now realising why i don't like the treatment of Sam's deference to Frodo and their interactions during their quest. yes, you can absolutely do a class analysis of their relationship (Frodo is his "master" in the aristocratic sense of the term, and the narrative treats is as a quality that he "knows his place" - subservience). yes, Frodo sometimes lashes out at Sam unjustly (which is treated as bad by the narrative, again very plainly)

but, and i cannot stress this enough, having a Sam by your side as a disabled person on any kind of adventure is literally the only way to stay alive. Sam notices his health fluctuations, is on the lookout for ring-symptoms that Frodo may not even have noticed yet, makes sure that Frodo has the accommodation he needs to be in as little pain as possible as they live through the great evils of their time... Frodo relies heavily on Sam's support. like any disabled person on a year-long march would need to. especially when your condition keeps worsening

it feels so incredibly loving and revolutionary that, in Rivendell, when he sees Frodo awake for the first time since Elrond healed him of the Morgul blade, Sam takes Frodo's left hand in his and shyly says he's glad it's warm again. i don't think Frodo knew how cold it'd gone, or thought anyone else had noticed, and indeed the narration moves on quickly. but those moments are constant and deeply touching. it's hard to articulate just how accurate Frodo's journey is to my own disabled journey, and how profound it is that Sam's care is foundational to saving the world

[heathcliffgirl1847]

frodo with elanor!!! part 2 of fellowship with the babby!!!!

part 1

[tournamentpollsinc]

Round 3

[tsuyonpuu]

Coming up with little Minicomics for LOTR is so hard for me because Tolkien just really wrote it all?? All the adventure but also all the in-betweens!!

Like, usually I would cheekily make my two favorite characters hold hands and it would be something that wasn't in the show/book/movie. But for Frodo and Sam it's like!!! Emotional Comfort?? Page 36262 Hand Holding on multiple occasions??? Page 46722 and also 37372, 36272 and 36272

Ok but how about physical comfort combined with emotional bonding!! Surely that's not - RIGHT THERE PAGE 63627272743

OK OK HOW ABOUT Frodo freezing and feeling weak so Sam is holding him to warm him at night!!! Surely that's not- AND THEN ITS RIGHT THERE AT PAGE 4623672

(I love him for that)

[pistachiozombie]

You call yourself a part of the Tolkien fandom but you don't even draw any off the characters but bofur and he is not even canon. you shove your oc where they don't belong. I kno people talk shit about you in server's because your fake ass byeee

I'm sorry I don't live up to the fandom's expectations, I just create what makes me happy 🫠🙇🏽‍♀️also bofur is canon so I don't know what you mean by that lol?

[chonkymoth]

fictional relationships where the heart of their dynamic is unbreakable and undeniable devotion. either both people unto each other, or one to the other. the loyalty, the commitment, the promise beneath all else — I'll do anything for you and always be here beside you.

esp (!) if that devotion devolves into one of the characters becoming unhinged for the person they're devoted to, OR one person losing their grip on reality + becoming unhinged, and the other person acting as their tether, or at least trying their damndest to, even if they lose themself a bit in the process.

[milesasinmorales]

Did you know that Sam and Frodo hold hands all the time for ever and ever? Tolkien told me so.