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kindlythevoid · 1 year ago

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“I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again.”

Frodo Baggins, The Fellowship of the Ring pg. 68

#guys this is before he even LEAVES the Shire #before the Old Forest before the Council Meeting before Moria before Amon Hen #This isn’t a make-or-break situation #Frodo just genuinely love the Shire #He shows it a million times #Just by carrying the Ring #But he moves out of his ancestral home just to make sure that the Ring is safe when he first learns about it #And it’s so so devastating re-reading this #It’s such a small quote and easily read over #But it means so much to Frodo #Because he comes back and the Shire /isn’t/ okay #The shire is burning and torn and broken #Just like Frodo feels at that point #But they repair the Shire #not Frodo not in ME #This is so important to the rest of the book too #Whenever they get in a bind in Mordor Sam brings up the Shire to give Frodo hope #And frodo never stands there again #Not really #he can’t go home because he’s been changed on such a fundamental level that he can’t stay #He saved the shire and that’s enough for him #Even though his feet cannot stand there again #frodo baggins #the lord of the rings #kiki re-re-re-reads the lord of the rings #it’s more than that but the point gets across #tolkien quotes #just yelling into the void #quotes

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