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maglorslostsilmaril · 1 year ago

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hello maybe someone has already said this but uhhh do some of y’all realize how wrong it sounds out of concept to say that Sam was the true hero of LotR?

“Sam was the true hero! He had to carry Frodo because Frodo failed!” -> “All of Frodo’s contributions fail to matter because in the end he needed help. A hero is only valid if he doesn’t have to rely on anyone else.”

Like obviously not everyone who says that always means the second part, but overall like. That’s kinda the implication that’s being given. And it’s kinda messed up.

#like why is it wrong for him to need help??#that’s so toxic #that all someone’s effort and contributions and suffering are worthless because in the end they faltered and needed support #ugh anyway #tolkien #lotr #lord of the rings #sam gamgee #samwise gamgee #frodo #frodo baggins #yeah this isn’t meant to discredit sam either fyi #they’re both very important and neither could have done it without the other #like hello what makes you think Sam would magically be immune to the manipulation of a cursed object thousands of years old #HE WOULDNT SO STOP VILLIFYING FRODO FOR FALLING VICTIM TO IT #ughhh i will die on this hill

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