#frodo and sam forever

[fuckyeahelijahwoodfan]

Elijah wood as Frodo Baggins and Sean astin as samwise gamgee and their hugs are all that matters 😍😍🤩

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

#elijah wood #sean astin #my precious #video game play #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins #frodo and sam forever #friendship of hobbits #lotr #baldurs gate 3

[la-pheacienne]

George Martin, 2013: "In a very basic level winter is coming for all of us. I think that’s one of the things that art is concerned with: the awareness of our own mortality. “Valar morghulis” – “All men must die”. That shadow lies over our world and will until medical science gives us all immortality… but I don’t think it makes it necessarily a pessimistic world. Not any more pessimistic than the real world we live in. We’re here for a short time and we should be conscious of our own mortality, but the important thing is that love, compassion and empathy with other human beings is still possible. Laughter is still possible! Even laughter in the face of death… The struggle to make the world a better place… We have things like war, murder and rape… horrible things that still exist, but we don’t have to accept them, we can fight the good fight. The fight to eliminate those things.There is darkness in the world, but I don’t think we necessarily need to give way to despair. One of the great things that Tolkien says in Lord of The Rings is “despair is the ultimate crime”. That’s the ultimate failing of Denethor, the Steward of Gondor, that he despairs of ever being able to defeat Sauron. We should not despair. We should not go gentle into that good night".

JRR Tolkien, 1962 : "One reviewer once said, this is a jolly jolly book, all the right boys come home [...]- this isn't true of course, he can't have read the story. [...] Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death. . . . . . (He quotes Simone de Beauvoir) 'There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that ever happens to man is natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident, and even if he knows it he would sense to it an unjustifiable violation.' Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of The Lord Of The Rings".

"Lotr is all rainbows and unicorns and Asoiaf is nihilistic and grimdark". Wrong, and wrong. In all its hope and radiance, lotr often gets very dark, and despite all the death and suffering, the hopeful moments in asoiaf shine bright. The meeting point of these two is this: having hope while in despair, and even better, refusing to give up because you have to go on despite not having any hope left.

#the fact that in possibly his most famous interview tolkien literally quotes 'all men must die' LIKE #GEORGE #I SEE U #you have studied the Professor really hard grandpa just speak your truth free urself! #don't get me wrong for me the Professor will always and forever take precedence there is absolutely no question about it BUT ALSO #stop pitting two bad bitches against eachother!! #i think about all of these a normal amount #and this is why i'll never lead a normal life #ridiculously long post #but i couldn't leave anything out #i must say i cried a little when i read them all back to back #especially the last sam quote #lotr #valyrianscrolls #tolkien #tolkien quotes #asoiaf quotes #lord of the rings #the hobbit #aspa reads tolkien #aragorn #frodo baggins #sam gamgee #bilbo baggins #brienne of tarth #jon snow #jaime lannister #bran stark #daenerys targaryen

[ach-sss-no]

I feel weird giving out unprompted permission statements because I'm making a big assumption that anyone's going to want to use my work. That said I also know people do like to build on other people's art and can't always work up the nerve to ask, so: Anyone is free to use this design if they want to for any reason- I don't own this character anyway. (Although I am hopeful that you do not, you know, monetize it, because i cant do that and if you do that its not fair ;_; ) Feel free to remix, improve, use as basic inspiration, etc. I would appreciate a tag/mention if you use it so I can see what you did!

This design has evolved a little since I first started drawing it, and I will see people reblogging the original design notes and think 'oh no! those are out of date and I don't have new/accurate ones!'

Reblogging the old one is still an honor- and the first take on a design just sometimes has a different appeal because it's less refined and more chaotic (especially with a character that should be chaotic), so I suspect some people will just prefer the older drawings & they'll still get shared, which is great! But I felt as if the project was a little bit incomplete without an update, since I think I've reached the point where if you see that old post & then come to my blog and look at my current content, there's a noticeable difference.

Also I kind of like making design notes.

If anyone's wondering why things changed, the answer's really simple- 90% of it is just the result of him settling into having more consistent anatomy and facial structure so that I can keep him looking accurate across different angles and poses. If you look at the old drawings you may notice that Gollum has an inconsistently shaped squishy head. That's fine for a concept post but doesn't work as well for maintaining him across different comic panels or in an animatic, at least not the way I work.

In the same vein, while my art is still & will always be heavily stylized, I started giving him more structured semi-sorta-realistic anatomy so that he wouldn't look entirely out of place next to less bizarre-looking characters such as Aragorn. (I feel that's also helpful in nudging Gollum into the uncanny valley where he ought to be, rather than leaving him so abstractified that there's a risk you won't see anything wrong with him having noodle arms.) He also acquired the new-style 'garbage bag' outfit because I found a reference in LOTR to his arms and legs being bare/exposed (it's in one of my favorite passages, the 'an eagle would think Gollum was dead if it came by right now' passage in The Two Towers):

Not even an eagle poised against the sun would have marked the hobbits sitting there, under the weight of doom, silent, not moving, shrouded in their thin grey cloaks. For a moment he might have paused to consider Gollum, a tiny figure sprawling on the ground: there perhaps lay the famished skeleton of some child of Men, its ragged garment still clinging to it, its long arms and legs almost bone-white and bone-thin: no flesh worth a peck.

#long post #blobart #lotr #lotr gollum #lotr fan redesign #i really do love that passage because it says so much and implies more #sam and frodo are sitting there invisible because they are being protected by the gift of love and honor galadriel gave them #gollum who has been busting his butt to hide all of his life #issplatted out there like a frog entirely exposed. he has nowhere to hide and no protection- not even proper clothing #and even a carrion bird would think he was 1) dead 2) of no value #...and then we have tolkien drawing the allusion to a starved/abandoned child #it's eerie and deeply empathetic at the same time #It's also funny. why would there be an eagle here pondering gollum #same energy as 'a fox wondered why these hobbits were bobbling around in the woods' and then the fox disappears forever #also same energy as 'there was a thrush nearby. bilbo was in such a bad mood that he tried to kill it' #body horror #eye horror #unsanitary/ #bones?.... #tw: gollum #there #I will be doing a morning reblog of this because i only do this once every two years so postblock it if once was enough

[parkercore-69]

thank you J.R.R. Tolkien for writing the most devastating romantic subplot in your lotr books without even realising it

#im talking about sam and frodo sorry everyone #guess who like watched all the extended films and cried #whether you intepret sam and frodo’s love platonically or romantically you have to understand that they are so entwined that it is #devastating nonetheless #the forehead kiss #im on the ground sobbing #dawgs it was such a real depiction of how trauma is irreversible and will change you entirely #frodo baggins #i love him so fucking much guys #i love those little hobbits #samwise gamgee #lord of the rings #i could and most likely will write an essay on this #samfro #dawg sometimes love can be both platonic and romantic as queer love is not to be constrained by heteronormative values #sorry did i read too far into the little fantasy story #dude i was not expecting a story about the horrific effects of war racism and power corrupt addiction when i sat down in front of the telly #jokes on the side frodo looking absolutely miserable at sam’s wedding is so fucking real #i get it’s because he knows he cant move on and he is forever changed by his trauma but also that hobbit gay #his wound from the witch king never healing being a symbolic representation of his trauma FUCKS ME UP #frodo you may have been a whiny bitch at times but like yeah that ring probably did weigh a fuck ton and i was worse on my dofe expedition #i may be fucking too hard with lotr #lotr #teehee

[softasawhisper]

"I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no.”

#samfro #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins #Frodo x Sam #lord of the rings #i will love them forever #happy (early) pride #somethingsoft

[i-wear-sunglasses-inside]

Wow Frodo really was such a good, kind, empathetic person, huh? He spent so long carrying around the one ring and still maintained those traits, which is wild to me. Like he went through so many horrors and still watched out for Sam and apologized when he said hurtful things and even still had kind things to say about Gollum not 15 minutes after the aforementioned ex-hobbit BIT HIS FINGER OFF AND TRIED TO KILL HIM. Just the genuine ability to still be grateful to someone who has done him horribly, even if he has not forgiven him. It’s outstanding.

#lotr #the lord of the rings #frodo baggins #what a champ #he is wonderful and wildly under appreciated #also shoutout to Sam for pointing out that he will be known as nine-fingered Frodo forever now

[mihrsuri]

Have I been thinking about leaving tumblr/fandom due to antisemitism? Yes. But also all my lovely mutuals and friends who have stood beside and with and fandom stuff is such a source of joy within that and I don’t want it taken away by the shadow even if it is so so heavy and overwhelming. So I’m not.

#not on the same level of course but in the camps we created still #we sang and drew and we wrote even in the deepest horrors and evil #i think a lot of tolkien/lotr actually #frodo and sam thinking of beauty in the darkness of mordor #that there is light and beauty and stars and free night #forever beyond the reach of any shadow #jewish things

[sindar-princeling]

11. You can have four Tolkien characters over for dinner. Who do you choose and why?

Gimli because he's a fucking delight to listen to when he talks about things and people he loves, and Legolas because they're a set and I love the cheerful energy he brings. And then Merry and Pippin because the four of them are a fantastic bunch together, and I'd love to see what it's like to have a proper meal hobbit-style

#i'd say frodo and sam but I just want them to have peace and quiet forever asjhkjdhkfjh #birdylion #no questions except on party business

[freeasfishes]

There's a bit in The Hobbit movie when Bilbo says something along the lines of "I miss my books, and my armchair, and my fireplace. That's where I belong. And that's why I came back. Because you don't have that. A home. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can."

That scene has been on my mind a lot lately. So many have lost their homes. So much pain. So much suffering. I will help if I can.

#I dont know what prof tolkiens thoughts were on palestine #but his characters and stories at the very least #they are all about the power of what is good #and well. my grandpa got back to his mother's home #so I know that one day palestine must be free #even if it takes years but hopefully not #in the lotr books there's a bit where frodo and sam are walking and they come across this statue of a king #and its head has been knocked off and all that #but some flowers have grown onto his head as a crown #and Frodo says -they cannot conquer forever- #lord of the rings #free palestine

[froqgy]

WHY DOES FRODO LEAVE AT THE END😭 I FORGOT THAT

#sam and frodo💔💔💔💔 #closing my eyes forever. sorry theyre so sweets to me #sam goes to heaven later but whatever whatever

[riverofempathy]

Just had a thought that makes me smile but also makes me sad.

Bilbo was Thorin’s Sam.

Frodo and Sam have that deep, soulful, unbreakable bond that can’t be quantified in a few words. It goes beyond brotherhood and friendship and even romance. They’re soulmates. Period. They love each other, they need each other. When they’re sitting side by side during the eruption of Mount Doom, thinking they’re going to die, and remembering home and grieving what they could have had, they rest their heads together in such a gentle, loving, vulnerable way that just… tells us everything we need to know about their relationship. Without saying anything at all. Because how could you? How could you summarize what they mean to each other?

In one of the final scenes of the Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies, Bilbo says goodbye to the dwarves, and he talks about Thorin, and what he meant to him. He can’t even get the words out. “He was… He was my…” Your what, Bilbo? Friend? Brother? Partner? Family? He doesn’t even have to find the words. They understand. They know he loved Thorin, we know he loved Thorin, more than words could ever describe. And in a way that transcended even Thorin’s kin. When Thorin was mad with dragon sickness (like Frodo was with the corruption of the One Ring), who was the one person that Thorin trusted? Who was the one person he spoke to gently? Who kept him the most grounded?

Bilbo.

Just like Sam did for Frodo.

#I’m totally not normal about this #I already love Frodo and Sam #and I already have FEELINGS about Thorin and Bilbo #but I never connected the two #I just love queerplatonic soulmates #love beyond words #it’s the most beautiful thing and we need more of it #lord of the rings #the hobbit #battle of the five armies #return of the king #Frodo and Sam and Thorin and Bilbo #they love each other so much it hurts #oh no #oh noooooo #neither Sam or Bilbo are able to keep their Frodo or Thorin #I thought that Bilbo’s ending was sadder because he lost Thorin but Sam lost Frodo too #sure Frodo survives but he leaves forever #he goes where Sam can’t follow #both Sam and Bilbo think they’ve won and that everything will be ok now but then they lose their Frodo and Thorin forever #oh my god I’m gonna cry #ok bye

[fuckyeahelijahwoodfan]

Our beloved Hobbits at San Francisco comic con ♥️

#elijah wood #sean astin #dominican monaghan #billy boyd #frodo and sam forever #merry pippin #lotr #hobbits reunion #hobbits panel 2023 san Francisco #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee

[roselovesong]

I’ve just realised that Sam and Frodo are literally the lyric “passed down like love songs, our love lasts so long” like

That is them!!!!!

#Sam and Frodo #soulmates forever #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins #lotr

[rohirric-hunter]

When I'm bored I sometimes go into the "For you" tab, which is bad because I get a broad assortment of loosely LotR-related posts. Some are gems! But for every one of those there are about six that say something like this:

"I don't believe for a moment that Sam would let Frodo sail into the West and leave him behind."

Obviously there are a lot of issues here, one of the primary ones being... He didn't. I know it's not in the book itself, but anyone who interacts with LotR fandom spaces online has no excuse for not knowing that Sam eventually followed Frodo. Insisting that they should go at the same time demands at best an unhealthy level of codependency (even married couples among the Elves went at different times according to their individual needs). At worst, it demands that Sam either prevent Frodo from getting the help he so obviously needs (which would make him a bad friend) or insist upon going on the trip when he wasn't invited (which would make him a bad person, since the last time someone who wasn't invited to Valinor went anyway it kind of destroyed an entire continent).

There are a number of different factors that contribute to this sort of thought process, but the main one I think is tied into a contemporary lack of trust in media to hold up under scrutiny. These reasons don't directly come up in the text: it requires a certain knowledge of the lore to get it. There's this pervasive attitude (I don't want to say CinemaSins, but it's definitely CinemaSins), that anything that isn't spelled out directly in the text doesn't have an explanation, and quite frankly that's a silly thing to believe. A work of fiction that explained everything in the text would be intolerably boring, but in my experience there usually is an explanation.

#ignore me im complaining #but im also right #theres also a certain demand for immediacy that im not comfortable with #no acceptance for the fact that frodo and sam can continue to love each other while needing different things in life #which ties into when people arent happy that the whole fellowship splits up at the end and go their separate ways #would you have the hobbits abandon the shire????? should the others abandon their people and the places they love in the south??? #i love a good 'the whole team shares a base and lives together' setup as much as the next person #but is there not also virtue in choosing your own ambitions without compromising to please someone else??? #would legolas be happy living forever in a cave of any beauty? or gimli trapped always in a wood? #would they not grow to resent each other if they were to settle in either of the places they eventually called home? #theres something insidious in that expectation and i dont like it

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Friend: Who's your favorite Lord of the Rings character?

Me: The gay ones

Friend: ... There are gay ones? Like, really? It's been awhile since I've seen LotR...

Me: Tumblr says they're gay. The potato guy and the one with the ring. The gay ones.

Friend: Oh! Sam and Frodo

Me: Yeah

Friend: I could've said Cheese and Fries and you would've agreed. You don't know anything about these movies

Me: Yeah :)

#for context: we started talkinf about lotr #and i said that ive only seen it in bits and pieces #my grandparents had a tv in almost every room and they would leave them all on at the same time #and when tv would run an lotr marathon of course they were on #but i didnt want to sit and watch things. i would just wander theough the house doing things #and so i picked up some pieces and they were very out of order. because this marathon happened frequently #or frequently as i remember. so i gained bits and pieces and i truly dont know how much pyf those movies ive seen #so she decided to test my knowledge #and legitimately all i know of lotr is those bits and also i guess i know a bit about sam and frodo #she said that last line affectionately btw. she wasnt trying to call me out or anything #today was a great day with her... #im exhausted. i stayed up until 3am baking her bread and woke up at 7am to go hang out with her #it was worth it though when i handed her the bread. she was so excited #she said 'i think i have to marry you now!' when she uncovered it #the less than four hours of sleep was one hundred percent worth it for her absolute delight at receiving homemade bread #i remember one time she had said that if anyone baked her bread she would love them forever. so i baked her bread #and i legitimately think i have her love forever now #she is such a good friend and im very happy to have her in my life. seriously i wouldnt stay up until 3am baking bread for just anybody #i learned to bake bread for her #oh shit i think thats love #gotta write a better poem with those two lines wait. wait that was cute #i learned to bake bread for her...

[abracazabka]

whats YOUR headcannon of headcannons, like THE headcannon so integral to your being as a media enjoyer that you physically recoil in shock when you're forced to recall that its not canon??

#ill go first #nonbinary lesbian anakin skywalker #you cant make fun of me or ill bite #like as in bite you #also that sam and frodo stayed together in gay love forever #whenever i remember that didnt happen i almost pass out #UGH also i pretend sandor game of thrones didnt die #AND KANAN SW