![]() ![]() As she later admits to Faramir, it is this heart ache that drove her to secretly ride into battle, hoping to die in the field. Her second romantic relationship is her unrequited love for Aragorn. Fans tend to uphold Eowyn as an example to say “see? Tolkien wasn’t a chauvinist at all!” but in truth, her case is pretty anti-feminist. Think about what that means: She doesn’t like him, but if he was a good guy, her dislike wouldn’t make a difference. Wormtongue’s stalking is presented as creepy, though this is mainly due to him being an evil character rather than to Eowyn’s rejection. This is only ever hinted at in the books, though more explicit in the movies. ![]() Galadriel has obviously been taken since she proved badass enough to trekk across the North Pole, and is anyways one of those characters who are “above” things like emotions, let alone sex.Įowyn, on the other hand, is part of all of three “romances”, if you will.įirst, she is coveted by Wormtongue. There are few romances in this novel overall, mainly due to the fact that there are only two female characters of note: Galadriel and Eowyn. If that doesn’t betray his emotions, nothing does. This scene, by the way, contains the only time he calls his master “Frodo” without a formal address – in fact, he calls him “Frodo, me dear”. He rages and shouts, he begs and cries, and in the end black despair came down on him, and Sam bowed to the ground, and drew his grey hood over his head, and night came into his heart, and he knew no more. But I love him, whether or no.’Īnother damning scene is the moment Sam discovers the cold body of Frodo who has been stung by Shelob, and believes him to be dead. He’s like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. He shook his head, as if finding words useless, and murmured: ‘I love him. Not that Sam Gamgee put it that way to himself. This is the scene of Frodo lying in the grass from Sam’s perspective:įrodo’s face was peaceful, the marks of fear and care had left it but it looked old, old and beautiful, as if the chiselling of the shaping years was now revealed in many fine lines that had before been hidden, though the identity of the face was not changed. The time in Rivendell is remembered by Sam himself much later in Ithilien where he watches Frodo sleep (which is totally something straight hobbits do to their friends, I’m sure). It has felt so cold through the long nights.’ He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned hastily away. He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. Soon afterwards, Sam comes into the room: When he wakes up, he learns that Sam has hardly left his bedside during that time. When the hobbits led by Strider and Glorfindel arrive in Rivendell, Frodo is severely wounded and remains unconscious for several days. Here are some scenes from the books, judge for yourself! You’re rolling your eyes, thinking that “some people try to see LGBT themes everywhere”? From a modern perspective, it is sometimes almost difficult to argue that Sam’s feelings for his master are purely platonic. It is here that the reader can extract more than a little queerbating material without any effort whatsoever. ![]() The books, however, go further than that and also have the genre-specific benefit of showing us Sam’s thoughts and feelings. During their travels through the wastelands, Sam lets Frodo sleep while he himself stands guard, feeds Frodo his last Lembas while he himself starves and gives him his last drops of water. It is evident in the movies as well simply in the way that the younger hobbit follows Frodo, listens to Frodo’s opinions and tries to please him wherever he can. The other difference is the case of blushing hero worship that Sam is affected with. Their age gap only adds to the assymetry of their relationship. Mark that wording! Sam is a servant, not an equal friend to Frodo, so Frodo wasn’t with a partner, he was alone. In the Silmarillion, too, the synopsis of the LOTR plot reads that “Frodo the Halfling took on himself the burden, and alone with his servant he passed through peril and darkness”. Sam never fails to include the title “master” when he addresses his employer (or indeed his employer’s younger friends), and Frodo consistently introduces him as his servant. For one thing, the dynamic of master and servant is much more obvious. Their relationship in the books, however, is very different. In the movie adaptation of the Lord of the Rings, the relationship between Frodo and Sam is depicted as a bit of a bromance, which is plausible to a modern audience and a nice enough dynamic to watch. (tl dr: Sam has an undeniable crush on Frodo, and then there’s some bitching about feminism. ![]()
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