Comments | myaru: Re-reading Lord of the Rings 01: Sam is freaking awesome.

myaru

Re-reading Lord of the Rings 01: Sam is freaking awesome.

Sep 19, 2012 03:42

This is my third reading of Lord of the Rings, I think. The first time was just after high school, so about... let's not say how many years ago, shall we? The second time was in 2006 for the class "Lord of the Rings as Epic," in which there was a lot of essay writing and many geektastic in-class discussions about which character deserved the ( Read more... )

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socraticwaffles September 19 2012, 14:00:54 UTC

Yeaahhhh re-reading LOTR! We are now book twins.

I love that line about Sam. Both lines about Sam. Every line about Sam. I just. Love him.

myaru September 19 2012, 20:47:31 UTC

Woooo!

Sam is even more amazing than I remember him being, and I liked him on previous reads, too! He's my favorite of the hobbits by a wide margin. It doesn't hurt that he can cook.

socraticwaffles September 19 2012, 21:36:13 UTC

I love that he's so into beer, too. On a character like him, a love for food and drink just ups the awesomeness.

a_feather September 20 2012, 07:26:33 UTC

AHAHAHA,did you ever see that TBS commercial that used to air back when they played The Two Towers a lot?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2hwV0ZEz7c

It's pretty great.

myaru September 21 2012, 01:52:34 UTC

AHAHAH that's amazing. XD How did I not know such a wonderful thing existed? XD

ontogenesis September 21 2012, 03:41:09 UTC

I love how the movies were very true to the Sam/Frodo love... did you ever see that TV promo trailer (official, I swear) about the epic love of Frodo and Sam?

Can't wait for the Hobbit. Thranduil looks wicked and hot.

ontogenesis September 21 2012, 03:42:01 UTC

Haha, whoops, someone else posted the link.

myaru September 21 2012, 08:34:32 UTC

Can't wait for the Hobbit. Thranduil looks wicked and hot.

Holy eff, you aren't kidding. Wow. XD

Hm, is it a trend with male writers? I'd believe it, I just don't usually notice unless I'm rereading something and expecting to see X described in all her/his awesomeness or hotness, and then... don't. But with how detailed LOTR is with Sam's body language re: Frodo, you'd think we'd get more. XD

ontogenesis September 21 2012, 03:49:38 UTC

Also, yes, that is one issue I have with a lot of (usually male authors) -- they don't provide any physical description! For example, I enjoy John Scalzi, but he is typically very bare on the physical description. So I just make up the characters' ethnicity, height, coloring, etc. myself. I am a very visual person, though, so I like to write it into my stories.