#samwise gamgee

[stanboromir]

[lilyhandmaiden]

part of their preparation involved making a song about it

the movie really undersells the fact that frodo spent half a year planning to make his departure from the shire as inconspicuous as possible and merry and pippin and sam saw him doing that, figured out he was leaving the shire and that it had something to do with bilbo’s ring, and then spent nearly as long preparing to go with him. icons

[faramirsonofgondor]

AU where Boromir survives but literally nothing changes because they all think he’s dead and he’s still recovering and by the time he’s actually okay again everything important is already over. Like lowkey imagine how fucking funny it would be if during the one scene where Frodo wakes up after destroying the ring and everyone is coming in, Boromir just walks in nervously and Frodo, who is trying to distract from the fact that he very clearly does not know Legolas’ name, pretends to pass out. Everyone is just like “oh dear!”, Sam goes into overprotective mode (“I told you it was a bad idea Mr. Gandalf!”) Aragorn is trying to reassure Boromir that it’s not his fault and that everything will be fine, Merry and Pippin are trying to comfort each other, Gimli and Legolas are just standing awkwardly in the corner because they know nothing about hobbit biology and what normal reactions are for this sort of thing. Gandalf is the only one who knows Frodo is faking it but he says nothing because Gandalf loves drama and being a bitch. Eventually they’re all ushered out to give Frodo more rest, except for Gandalf, who insists on staying to watch over him. After everyone is gone Gandalf tells him he can open eyes, and the first question out of Frodo’s mouth is very much not about Boromir’s miraculous return, or the state of the world, or about what happens to him now, but rather “Gandalf, what the fuck is the elf’s name?”

[curioscurio]

Don’t you know your Sam? :(

[animentality]

[justtryinrian]

Lol Frodo thinks he’s being so slick here but he’s just like calling his buddy a weak-ass no game scrub

[giggleribs]

Samwise

[omgitzlongdennis]

"sams love for frodo only made frodo worse" I say into the mic.

the crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.

"theyre right", they say. i look for the owner of the voice. there in the 5th row stands jrr tolkien.

[vlovann]

“Pippin is so confused that he just takes it […]”

W H Y did I picture Pippin as one of those confused ass cats holding something…idek if I can find an example like…

Hold on

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Omg I searched “confused cat holding a toy with paws” on google and I just 😭…

It’s so low quality because it’s indirectly from Facebook

I can’t. It’s perfect.

This is like exactly the face 😭

Random anon from Facebook, if you’re on tumblr and this somehow jumpscares you, it’s because your kitten looked like one confused Peregrin Took.

lotr but nobody knows anything about the other races

Pippin thinks Legolas is a woman

Boromir is convinced that the hobbits are all 15 max

Everyone thinks that Merry and Pippin are twins, except for Legolas, who is convinced the hobbits are quadruplets

Sam thinks that Aragorn, Boromir and Legolas don't have to eat to survive

Legolas doesn't mention things he sees or hears because he thinks the others have noticed them too and just assumes they have a plan

Pippin complains that he is hungry and Legolas just gives him a handful of grass. Pippin is so confused that he just takes it, and now Legolas tries to figure out what hobbits can eat by just giving them random shit, like

Things the hobbits have accepted and likely eaten later (a list by legolas)

-Grass - Leaves

-Stones - a hair tie

-A feather - one of Gimli's shoes

The hobbits and Gimli just assume that this is what elves eat

[mind-of-many-things]

I've go a headcannon that when a hobbit has a sock or bandage or something around their foot, they will stop every few steps and shake the offending foot out like a cat with tape on its paw.

One of the fellowship hobbits gets their foot bandaged, because sharp rocks, and:

Boromir and Aragorn walking behind the hobbit, watching him flap his foot every few paces:

Boromir leaning into Aragorns' side: why is he doing that?

Aragorn, squinting slightly: I don't know...

Boromir: kind of like a cat with leave stick to it's foot

Aragorn, remembering the hobbits sleep in a pile: yeaa, like cats

Meanwhile the hobbit in question: foaming at the mouth

[pigeon-princess]

Some unexpected heroes

[bessieblackbird]

Aaaahhhh!!! I love this breakdown!!!! What a cool layer to discuss!!!! Aaaahhhhh!!!!

This is an interesting thing I'm noticing as I'm reading but it kinda seems to me like a lot of the Tolkien characters all seem to have elemental symbolism that seems to follow their characterization.

Like Gandalf and Bilbo both seem to have a lot of fire symbolism that follows them around. Gandalf uses light and fire as kind of his two go to weapons and he's the keeper of the ring of Narya which is the fire one. And of course Gandalf the White is forged out of flame. And then Bilbo's introduced in the middle of smoking, and he spends a lot of time hanging around campfires and hearths, like the campfire storyteller he is. He seems to like hanging out in the Hall of Fire at Rivendell, and his conflict with Smaug obviously also involves a lot of fire. He's also arguably the character who is closest to Gandalf.

Frodo on the other hand is like all water imagery. One of the first things we learn about Frodo is his parents were weirdos who hung out in boats and then drowned, and he's introduced filling drinks at Bilbo's party. He makes his stand against the Nazgul at the river. He himself nearly drowns like three times in the story, and spends a lot of time in boats, being haunted by dark waters, and the sound of the ocean (and of course ends the story going over the sea). Like the water symbolism with Frodo is nonstop and he shares that in common with Gollum, who specifically is characterized by pools, rivers, and lakes, as well as fish, worms, mud and roots and caves—very wet and slimy compared to Frodo's more mariner/wayfinder imagery. But they're still kind of two sides of the same coin.

Pippin and Merry get a lot of plant and tree symbolism. Besides hanging out with ents and drinking tree wine and that time they both got eaten by a tree, it's clear Merry grew up wandering forests and knows a lot about wild plants (and writes a book on it later) and Pippin gets a ton of association with Gondor, y'know, that place that is represented by a big ol' tree. Their tobacco leaves too actually kinda play a pivotal role, and are again, very plant focused.

You'd think Sam would also be more earth oriented, being he's a gardener, but not really? Unlike Merry who's out here spitting plant facts 24/7 and working on his plant book, Sam's interest in plants seems like to only be around when he's on the clock. His symbolism is all very celestial. He's the guy who ends up using the Star of Earendil. He sees Earendil while he and Frodo are walking through Mordor. He evokes Elbereth, the Star Goddess like multiple times. He names his daughter after the star-sun shaped flower Elanor which literally means "Sun and Stars." And if you think about it, Gardener is actually kind of a perfect role for a star-guy when you remember how dependent plants are on the sun. He also seems to share some kind of connection with Galadriel who is also caked in a lot of star imagery. It also tracks he'd be paired with Frodo thematically as he serves as a guiding light to a mariner, in contrast to how Gollum represents the depths.

IDK what all that means, I just think it's neat!

[fangirloverlode]

I’m sorry… reading The Two Towers rn and Tolkien just waxed poetic for half a paragraph about how beautiful Sam thinks Frodo is, and then followed it up with Sam just saying to himself “I love him” who the fuck writes two best buds like that. Am I going insane????? Did he really not intend for them to be romantic in the slightest????? I know sometimes people are like ‘oh there’s no heterosexual explanation for this’ and it’s something that close friends could very plausibly do but oh my god I mean that shit this time.

[bellamythevampirewriter]

if anyone could comment random hcs of LotR/the Hobbit characters bc i just had THE WORST DAY EVER

thanks :3

[oatmealaddiction]

Anyway this is a post about how I would like more Sam fanart please.