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  • ikiru@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Frodo is the most beautiful and tragic of the hobbits.

    I can’t stand anyone who denigrates him to idolize Sam. I broke up with my ex girlfriend of many years who thought Frodo was lesser to Sam, not necessarily for that reason but it didn’t help her case. I love Sam too, but I don’t think Frodo needs to be taken down just to build up Sam. Sam was instrumental in what he did but Frodo was the only individual in the world that could do what he did.

    • Doug [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
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      3 years ago

      I see what you’re saying, but Frodo literally couldn’t have done it without Sam. We see that directly.

      We don’t know if it could happen the other way around or not because that’s not the story we were told.

      I’m not trying to diminish what Frodo did but it seems to me the statement “Frodo was the only individual in the world that could do what he did” does so for Sam’s contributions.

      Honestly all of it wouldn’t have worked without all of the surviving Fellowship’s (plus Gollum) actions, but Sam’s are the most direct.

      It seems to me there’s a reason that Aragorn didn’t bow to Frodo, but all four of the Hobbits. They were all simple folk, not warriors who achieved great things with plenty of sacrifice. Elevating Frodo does a disservice to the others.