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Inside of you there are two wolves.
One wolf says that Sam and Frodo’s relationship is not romantic, and all the affection and moments between them that might make a modern reader question how platonic it truly is are simply moments inspired by soldiers in wwi, where tragedy and horror brought people together, ignoring societal norms such as the amount of affection you can show your friend before it’s seen as anything other that what it really is. When you live in a reality where death is all around and you’re lonely and starving and miss home and you might die tomorrow, and you got no one else but your companion, you are bound to become closer and create a bond that is unlike any other friendship. Their relationship is also influenced by the fact that Tolkien is a medievalist, and in the Middle Ages affection between a pair of friends was more normalized and there’s plenty of medieval literature where the characters have relationships similar to those of Sam and Frodo. The reader needs to let go of their modern lenses and see the story while acknowledging it’s temporal context and background.
The other wolf says that Sam and Frodo’s parallels with Lúthien and Beren, Tolkien’s amount of queer friends, and just how different their relationship has been since the start, before the horrors even began, is gay asf. He also says, and I quote, “if Frodo isn’t gay I’ll eat my hat”.
Both wolves are correct.
nah you‘re right :)
am i wrong
After watching The Breakfast Club see now that this is basically The Breakfast Club, lotr. Now I really need to write this.
Modern lotr AU I may or may not write
The fellowship is in high school
they all end up with in-school suspension for a week.
Gandalf is the teacher that watches them.
all become friends (also free the school from the tyrant of a principal Sauron, but whatever)
Frodo
freshman
Gay
He/him
has anxiety and depression
adopted by Bilbo, his rich gay uncle
best friend (and later boyfriend) is Sam
I don’t know what he did to get suspended
Sam
also a freshman
Bi
He/him
likes gardening
crushing really hard on his friend Frodo
Merry
freshman
Ace
he/him
trans
best friend with Pip
got suspended for setting off fireworks in class
Pippin
freshman
Pan
he/they
flirts with everyone
set off fireworks with Merry
stoner
Aragorn
Junior
Bi
he/him
substitutes sleep with coffee
loves horses
never washes his hair
adopted by Elrond
somehow ended up dating Legolas (has no idea how he manged to be so lucky)
probably smoking weed behind the school right now.
got suspended for pulling out a knife during school (the teachers have have no idea how he got it.)
Legolas
also a junior
He/they
Pan
has more hair produces than anything else (except maybe pictures of Aragorn)
captain of the school archery team
suspended for climbing school buildings
Gimli
Senior
what is gender?
Aro/Ace
spends as much time as they can in the art studio
got suspended for creating a real axe and bursting into a classroom saying “here’s Gimli!”
Boromir
senior
Bi
he/him
on the soccor team
a big softy
loves his little brother Faramir
pretty much adopts Merry and Pippin as so as he meets them
got suspended for starting a fight with the other jocks because he didn’t like the way they were treating people.
also toying with the Idea of Arwen being a cheerleader and falling for Eowyn, who is in a biker gang, but we’ll see. I might add more characters later if I end up writing this but this is the basics.
Every gay blond and brunet ship is Patroclus and Achilles reincarnated. No I will not elaborate.
Modern lotr AU I may or may not write
The fellowship is in high school
they all end up with in-school suspension for a week.
Gandalf is the teacher that watches them.
all become friends (also free the school from the tyrant of a principal Sauron, but whatever)
Frodo
freshman
Gay
He/him
has anxiety and depression
adopted by Bilbo, his rich gay uncle
best friend (and later boyfriend) is Sam
I don’t know what he did to get suspended
Sam
also a freshman
Bi
He/him
likes gardening
crushing really hard on his friend Frodo
Merry
freshman
Ace
he/him
trans
best friend with Pip
got suspended for setting off fireworks in class
Pippin
freshman
Pan
he/they
flirts with everyone
set off fireworks with Merry
stoner
Aragorn
Junior
Bi
he/him
substitutes sleep with coffee
loves horses
never washes his hair
adopted by Elrond
somehow ended up dating Legolas (has no idea how he manged to be so lucky)
probably smoking weed behind the school right now.
got suspended for pulling out a knife during school (the teachers have have no idea how he got it.)
Legolas
also a junior
He/they
Pan
has more hair produces than anything else (except maybe pictures of Aragorn)
captain of the school archery team
suspended for climbing school buildings
Gimli
Senior
what is gender?
Aro/Ace
spends as much time as they can in the art studio
got suspended for creating a real axe and bursting into a classroom saying “here’s Gimli!”
Boromir
senior
Bi
he/him
on the soccor team
a big softy
loves his little brother Faramir
pretty much adopts Merry and Pippin as so as he meets them
got suspended for starting a fight with the other jocks because he didn’t like the way they were treating people.
also toying with the Idea of Arwen being a cheerleader and falling for Eowyn, who is in a biker gang, but we’ll see. I might add more characters later if I end up writing this but this is the basics.
It’s a long trek to Mordor