#which also would've fit in the movie after Galadriel shows it to Frodo

[driftinglightofthewoods]

@first-son-of-finwe while I completely understand where the viewpoint in this post:

comes from, to the point where I dont want to derail it, I also think there's something profoundly sad about the movie's way of ending the story.

Its not really like the movie goes the route of so many other movies and goes "and they all went home and lived happily ever after the end.", Frodo comes home to a shire that basically moved on without him and can't find the healing and security in it like he used to.

He feels out of place in it to the point where he leaves it permanently, in hopes of finding the healing it can't offer.

Idk its almost 6 am and I just woke up so I have no idea if I'm getting my point across but while I get that the actual scorching of the shire is a visual representation of Frodo's inner struggle I think the movie did a pretty amazing job at portraying a feeling of like "my home hasnt changed, I have, to the point where it no longer feels like my home."

#6 am ramblings pfffttt #idk I care about the LOTR movie end I think its very profound in its own right #though I also understand why people would've wanted the scorched shire ending #which also would've fit in the movie after Galadriel shows it to Frodo #like in a -you thought you could escape a prophecy like this? sYKE- kinda way