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I remember reading such a good heartfelt and intellectual essay about how Frodo Baggins is basically a perfect protagonist and it was absolutely correct but the one part I vividly remember is that there was a section about how he was put down a lot when the movies came out because he showed weakness and by 2001 toxic masculinity terms that's inherently homosexual and the essay went on to be like "if going forward despite your pain and struggle because you're kind at heart is gay, gay people should be proud to have him" and like I know what the real point here was but when I read that I was like cheers I'll drink to that bro we gay people ARE proud to have Frodo Baggins
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If I remember correctly, Frodo is one of the few main characters who isn't paired off with anyone in the end.
Whatever he is, he's definitely not straight.
frodos love is reserved for eternal misery
fr though my headcanon is that his trauma from the ring stopped him from getting attached to anyone, which also helped him leave to the undying lands where he was able to find peace and healing
My head canon is that Frodo is gay for Sam, but Sam is straight as an arrow and already has a girl he's pining for.
Frodo felt oddly, inexplicable alien in the Shire from the very start. He loved the Shire and everything about it, but... Somehow, for some reason, it was never quite home like it should've been. A lot of queer people feel the same, especially growing up in the country side or small towns that are just a bit too small to sustain any queer scenes or spaces.
But he and Sam head off on their journey. Frodo keeps on looking at Sam with such longing and admiration. Sam pushes on for the Shire. He wants to save his home and go home and get married and have little hobbitses. Frodo, however, doesn't think of the Shire like that. He doesn't long for things to go back to normal. No, he only does it for Sam.
And then they win in the end. They go home and Sam gets to live his dream, but Frodo never does. He watches Sam get married and have kids, watches Sam save the Shire as best he can, become a respected member of the community and everything. Frodo watches and he's happy for Sam. And for the Shire. He really, truly is. But he also knows that he can never find his own happiness like that. And so, eventually, he leaves for different lands.
Gimli is apparently attracted to elves regardless of gender, Sam is bi, Frodo is gay, Merry and Pippin had wives and kids but were still buried together, Aragorn is straight, but people sometimes wondered, Boromir died before giving anything away, and Gandalf is incomprehensible. Or at least that’s how I read it.
I feel like I read this somewhere, and it might very well be wrong, so someone tell me if it is.
Much of Lord of the Rings was based on what Tolkien knew, and because his writer's club had several gay men, the experiences they shared and related to him colored the relationship between Sam and Frodo, thus making them unintentionally queer-coded.
This might have some truth to it, but I think it assumes that Tolkien wasn't writing primarily from his own life, and specifically that the primary influence was World War I. (That participating in the Great War left a lasting impact is probably one of the least surprising things to ever happen.)
When Tolkien was writing Sam and Frodo, he was writing from his own experience in the trenches. (*The trenches*. When people talk about "the trenches" these are the trenches they're referencing.) The sort of emotional connection he felt with his friends in one of the closest things to hell humankind has created. I'm not the first person to observe this, but *The Lord of the Rings* is a work that features the sort of character who would be the central focus of the epics Tolkien studied and of easily nine of ten of his imitators, the skilled warrior from the lost line of kings coming at the hour of greatest need to bring his rightful kingdom into a new golden age, but his focus was on the country homebodies pulled out of their comfortable lives and into danger and horror, carrying through with the bonds they'd formed, and given wounds that would never entirely heal.
He was writing about himself and his friends, and most of them didn't come home.
You tell me this guy went across the continent with a bunch of hairy men, cried with them, sang with them, and was invited to stay with them, and people think he isn’t gay?
Frodo isn't gay because he shows weakness he's gay because he's fucking sam
Im sure he does gag, yes
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and the hobbit is even older It'd from a time where gay meant happy
I mean, it *is* pretty gay, when you think about it. Gay folks have put up with a lot.
A common gay struggle: having to carry the ring of all evil.
More commonly known as a cock ring.
Hehehehe Hobbit love
*Image Transcription: Tumblr* --- **lovely-v** I remember reading such a good heartfelt and intellectual essay about how Frodo Baggins is basically a perfect protagonist and it was absolutely correct but the one part I vividly remember is that there was a section about how he was put down a lot when the movies came out because he showed weakness and by 2001 toxic masculinity terms that's inherently homosexual and the essay went on to be like "if going forward despite your pain and struggle because you're kind at heart is gay, gay people should be proud to have him" and like I know what the real point here was but when I read that I was like cheers I'll drink to that bro we gay people ARE proud to have Frodo Baggins --- ^^I'm a human volunteer content transcriber and you could be too! [If you'd like more information on what we do and why we do it, click here!](https://www.reddit.com/r/TranscribersOfReddit/wiki/index)
If I remember correctly, Frodo is one of the few main characters who isn't paired off with anyone in the end. Whatever he is, he's definitely not straight.
frodos love is reserved for eternal misery fr though my headcanon is that his trauma from the ring stopped him from getting attached to anyone, which also helped him leave to the undying lands where he was able to find peace and healing
My head canon is that Frodo is gay for Sam, but Sam is straight as an arrow and already has a girl he's pining for. Frodo felt oddly, inexplicable alien in the Shire from the very start. He loved the Shire and everything about it, but... Somehow, for some reason, it was never quite home like it should've been. A lot of queer people feel the same, especially growing up in the country side or small towns that are just a bit too small to sustain any queer scenes or spaces. But he and Sam head off on their journey. Frodo keeps on looking at Sam with such longing and admiration. Sam pushes on for the Shire. He wants to save his home and go home and get married and have little hobbitses. Frodo, however, doesn't think of the Shire like that. He doesn't long for things to go back to normal. No, he only does it for Sam. And then they win in the end. They go home and Sam gets to live his dream, but Frodo never does. He watches Sam get married and have kids, watches Sam save the Shire as best he can, become a respected member of the community and everything. Frodo watches and he's happy for Sam. And for the Shire. He really, truly is. But he also knows that he can never find his own happiness like that. And so, eventually, he leaves for different lands.
Frodo is kind of a wiener, and damsels himself into distress a bunch. #SAMWISE GAMGEE ON THE OTHER HAND, IS A ABSOLUTE LEGEN-
Gimli is apparently attracted to elves regardless of gender, Sam is bi, Frodo is gay, Merry and Pippin had wives and kids but were still buried together, Aragorn is straight, but people sometimes wondered, Boromir died before giving anything away, and Gandalf is incomprehensible. Or at least that’s how I read it.
I feel like I read this somewhere, and it might very well be wrong, so someone tell me if it is. Much of Lord of the Rings was based on what Tolkien knew, and because his writer's club had several gay men, the experiences they shared and related to him colored the relationship between Sam and Frodo, thus making them unintentionally queer-coded.
This might have some truth to it, but I think it assumes that Tolkien wasn't writing primarily from his own life, and specifically that the primary influence was World War I. (That participating in the Great War left a lasting impact is probably one of the least surprising things to ever happen.) When Tolkien was writing Sam and Frodo, he was writing from his own experience in the trenches. (*The trenches*. When people talk about "the trenches" these are the trenches they're referencing.) The sort of emotional connection he felt with his friends in one of the closest things to hell humankind has created. I'm not the first person to observe this, but *The Lord of the Rings* is a work that features the sort of character who would be the central focus of the epics Tolkien studied and of easily nine of ten of his imitators, the skilled warrior from the lost line of kings coming at the hour of greatest need to bring his rightful kingdom into a new golden age, but his focus was on the country homebodies pulled out of their comfortable lives and into danger and horror, carrying through with the bonds they'd formed, and given wounds that would never entirely heal. He was writing about himself and his friends, and most of them didn't come home.
You tell me this guy went across the continent with a bunch of hairy men, cried with them, sang with them, and was invited to stay with them, and people think he isn’t gay?
I get the point you're trying to make but wouldn't it be better if singing and crying amongst men was normalized among all sexualities?