#sam gamgee

[dukeofriven]

It's also a problem they gave themselves because in the book Frodo is the oldest hobbit by over a decade. By the time they leave the Shire Frodo's 50 to Sam's 38, and he's over twenty years older than the youngest, Pippin (who, at 28, would have been 11 at Bilbo's Party.) Even adjusting for Hobbits' (not really that much longer) lifespans, Frodo's comfortably pushing middle age, so the production staff made a conscious choice to roll the dice by casting a baby.

I know I've said it before but every rewatch I do cements this thought further - elijah wood's performance in LOTR is absolutely insane, they really had a character whose name means "wise by experience", hired an 18-year-old to do it, and he delivered so much that not only is it a beautiful and moving role on its own, it's a performance equal to those of the absolute powerhouses he played side by side with like ian holm and ian mckellen. to name just a few

[giggleribs]

happy pride month to these two i guess. frodo you would've loved pinterest boards and ethel cain. sam wouldve loved lowes hardware store and lawnmowers

[cenna-hrms]

And I’m coming with you (my art 🎨: ball point pen : black, red, green, blue, turquoise)

[starrysketcher]

Sam not happy

[lukreziaaa]

“Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo?

It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?

[kristinagehrmann]

The Lembas Bread

This LotR movie fanart is the second assignment I illustrated for the SmArtschool class with Cynthia Sheppard, "Illustrating the Emotional Narrative". In this case, a Frodo&Sam drama where Gollum is very literally driving a wedge between them 😨

[my-deer-legolas]

[zevampirex]

Dream team✨

[frodosrings]

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[tuckboroughdays]

SPORTS AND GAMES IN THE SHIRE (and MIDDLE EARTH) ── .✦

so there are some sports and games that, i think, hobbits practice. and maybe it is common in the rest of middle earth too ??

SPORTS !!

first of all, the old version of football : the SOULE (or choule). yall probably never heard about it and it is normal, because it is a french sport. to make it short, it's the same rules than football, and it is played with, or without a stick or a club (dk how we call it in english). the ball is made of leather filled with straw or bran.

╰┈➤probably common to all folks because the rules are really simple (putting a ball into the opposing team's goal). i have the headcanon that the fellowship played football at the beginning of their journey omg, like Boromir for example

im 100% sure that hobbits practice ice skating. lakes probably freeze during hard winters. according to some searches i've made, the first ice skates were in fact made of animals bones for the blades, and were tied to feet with straps. it was hard to have a good balance with that, then people used a stick to stay standing.

╰┈➤the first ice skates were invented in order to hunt. then this notion is probably common to all, but the folks do not use it for the same purposes (having fun or hunting)

the hobbits that live near the Brandywine practice swimming. (this is canon). and others hobbits are scared of water and consider them as odd. im sure that, Merry is a really good swimmer, and he learned Pip to swim. maybe Frodo has some basic skills because he lived with Merry during his childhood (but his parents drowned then, bc of a possible trauma, he never swam again idk). and Sam probably never swam.

╰┈➤depends of the location but im sure that men-folk can swim.

the Took family invented golf. i could see this as a worldly sport, i mean, it is probably played during a tea party or smth

╰┈➤golf is specific to hobbits because the rules are quite unique. but maybe that a sport or activity that involves putting a small ball in a hole in the ground is also known somewhere else.

in ROTK Pippin tells Bergil that hobbits know some wrestling stuff. (idk if he says that as a joke, because just after he laughs). if it is true, it's really not violent wrestling. maybe just a game with the purpose of putting the other on the ground

GAMES !!

chess and draughts/checkers !!! it is canon bc we see in the first movie that some Hobbits are playing a board game like this. and in the ROTK book iirc Pippin talks about a chessboard or smth

╰┈➤ i'm sure everyone knows these games in Middle Earth.

aaaand i don't remember the others help 💀🤚

i think i will do some headcanons about the four hobbits and their relation with these sports :3

[spale-vosver]

[stanboromir]

[giggleribs]

hes the sun

[vicrathis]

[omgitzlongdennis]

i cant stop thinking of this fucking. Image. why is he doing that