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Jan. 2nd, 2025 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
between_time_and_42So I have more Two Towers blogging to do, and I also watched the first two live-action Hobbit movies last night so I want to do a writeup about those, but I wanted to throw this little tidbit from Fellowship of the Ring out there because I went back and read the prologue/introduction (“Concerning Hobbits”) after finishing the book, and I forgot to make note of this before. Here it is:
“Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were as bachelors very exceptional, as they were also in many other ways, such as their friendship with Elves.”
Translation, at least in my eyes: BILBO AND FRODO ARE AROACE KINGS. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. (Yes, I know that they are commonly shipped with other characters- Bilbo with Thorin and Frodo with Sam- but honestly, even after watching the first two movies, I still don’t see any of the chemistry between Bilbo & Thorin that apparently half of Tumblr saw back in the day, and as for Frodo & Sam, who says their bond has to be romantic? If anything, I like to imagine them as queerplatonic partners.)
“Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were as bachelors very exceptional, as they were also in many other ways, such as their friendship with Elves.”
Translation, at least in my eyes: BILBO AND FRODO ARE AROACE KINGS. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. (Yes, I know that they are commonly shipped with other characters- Bilbo with Thorin and Frodo with Sam- but honestly, even after watching the first two movies, I still don’t see any of the chemistry between Bilbo & Thorin that apparently half of Tumblr saw back in the day, and as for Frodo & Sam, who says their bond has to be romantic? If anything, I like to imagine them as queerplatonic partners.)
