How did Frodo and Sam have the balls to do what they did?
They risked almost certain death by walking into mordor, and taking the responsibility of the ring.
What would you do if Gandalf turned up at your house and was like yo user here is the ring of power, if you dont walk for like 3 years through land filled with fire and monsters that want to eat you the whole world will die.
ever see those mexican landscaper work? they're tough bastards
Jordan Young
They were just average guys who summoned the courage needed for an immense task
It's about war
Brandon Reed
Wait, so he's ACTUALLY a gardener? I thought when he told Faramir that he was only joking around
Bentley Nguyen
>for like 3 years
uh...the entire journey took less than a year
Jackson Gonzalez
Are you a women? If yes than I'm sorry because you will never understand it.
Aaron Perry
they lived in a time period before the internet when people actually got out and did stuff instead of bitching about how oppressed they are on a hmong shadow puppetry board
Luis Hall
Frodo had tookish blood, they're the crazy motherfuckers of hobbits. Sam followed along through sheer homolust for Frodo.
Caleb Hughes
u wot m8 its my favorite movie of all time, i have watched the extended trilogy at least 10 times. I understand the message of the film, i just wanted a lord of rings thread.
I just re watched the fellowship today, it gives me feels every time i watch it knowing that the horror Frodo experiences make it so he can never live his life raising a family, and spending time with his bromeo Sam.
Jonathan Flores
>Are you a women?
Ayden Ward
because they were the only ones who could do it, the whole Middle Earth relied on them, and they knew that to protect the Shire, Ring must be destroyed
Luke Watson
hes frodo's gardener in the books. They become friends in the journey
Nathan Bell
>the entire journey took less than a year Pleb detected
Sebastian Ortiz
I doubt many people in any time period would be able to do what the hobbits did, to go and do a selfless act alone against unimaginably forces.
Historically people would flee from a battle at the first sign of their side losing, most wars ended with mass routes rather than killing every person.
William Sullivan
the reason the Hobbits were the only ones who could do it was exactly because they had no idea what they were getting into.
Frodo, Sam, and everyone always loved whenever Gandalf came around, they respected him. So Gandalf shows up and is like "this is really important please do this for me" and so the Hobbits are like "yea ok no problem"
it wasn't until they got to Rivendell that hey realized shit was going down, but by then they had not only left the shire for the first time, but travelled with a Ranger, bested the ring wraiths, and met fucking elves. They had gotten a taste for adventure, and assumed everything would work out since Gandalf, Aragorn, and a bunch of other badass warriors were coming along the trip. They were just a bunch of naive guys looking for adventure.
By the time shit started going really south, they were already in too deep to turn back.
and then all the shit about brotherhood and becoming something more than yourself and the good nature of the hobbits and stuff. It's all there, but the main thing is that they literally didn't know better than to be brave and fearless. Best part about their characters IMO
Carson Bailey
That's the whole point of the story. The unexpected heros rising up to a task never meant for them. That's what makes it so good.
Jack Scott
Why..why are you calling me a pleb? They are done and just wandering the north chillin' at rivendell and they note the dates.
Levi Reyes
Very true they did not know what they were doing, but they had so many opportunities to go back.
Frodo offered to take the ring at council of Elrond, he was not forced to do so and he knew the danger involved.
Sam listened to the whole discussion and chose to stick with his friend even though he would go to Mordor and potentially die.
When Boromir dies there is a second chance to give up for Sam, and Frodo decides that the burden is his alone and leaves the fellowship to travel to what may aswell be Hell on his own.
The others are trained fighters, Sam and Frodo are simple folk and thats what makes their accomplishment even more amazing.
Christopher Fisher
Because it's like in the great stories, Mr. user. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. user, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Alexander Campbell
:'(
Cameron Ross
Sam literally tells you why in that great speech you faggot.
Joshua Wood
They were already friends in the book, Samwise father was Bilbo's gardener, thats how frodo and sam know eachother
Kevin Mitchell
>sam is gay for frodo Spotted the pleb
Cooper Hill
Because they didn't quite understand the dangers of what they were getting into. And when they finally did, they still didn't grasp how daunting it would be.
By the time they realized they were in so much danger they were in the thick of it and had no alternative but to go on.
Austin Ortiz
>they literally didn't know better than to be brave and fearless
feels
Sebastian Sanchez
Yeah, nah mate. In WWI, people still climb out of trenches into certain death just because someone blew a whistle. Even today, people still jump on grenades to save their buddies.
Jack White
They do by the time of the meeting with Elrond. Frodo did it out of selflessness. Sam did it out of duty and friendship. Merry and Pippin tagged along for the adventure but eventually also out of 'patriotism' for a lack of another term.
Camden Hall
Well said. One of the most powerful themes in the Lord of the Rings is that ordinary people can do extraordinary things when necessary.
Tolkien himself was a commander in World War I. He fought in the Battle of the Somme. I suspect that he imbued Frodo and Sam with the same incredible resolve that he saw in his countrymen who willingly marched into the jaws of death to defend their own "Shire." I think we sometimes take for granted just how horrific the world wars of the 20th century were. Helms Deep is nothing compared to the Somme, or Stalingrad, or D-Day. I think Tolkein saw true heroism in regular folks like you and me. Many would willingly die to defend their homeland. That concept seems strange in this day and age, but I think deep down it is true for many of us. The fundamental instinct to protect one's home is powerful indeed. That's what Frodo and Sam were doing. They weren't doing it "for Middle Earth." They were doing it for Bag End and the Green Dragon.
Julian Perry
Why didn't Candorff just order the eagles to fly Fredo and Sammy to Mt. Doom?
Henry Hall
They didn't grasp the full circumstance of their task until their options were pretty much A) Throw the ring away and live an easy life, but doom the world to Sauron's rule a few years/decades down the line when he eventually finds it B) Push on through the horror and the fear and get shit done.
It's their choice and their motivation to pick B which makes them compelling characters.
Aiden Peterson
Because they know if they don't do it, nobody will. I'm sure Merry didn't expect to stab a Witch King in battle when the hobbits were in the Prancing Poneys, but he crawled his way through a battlefield and wounded an ancient warlord to protect his friends. Some people were born great like Legolas, others achieved greatness like Aragorn. The four hobbits had greatness thrusted upon them whether or not they asked for it.
Jackson Hall
He's a gardener in the movies too. Remember when he's introduced in FotR, while eavesdropping on Frodo and Gandalf while trimming the hedges?
Lucas Thomas
A large part of it was that none of the Hobbits truly understood the scope of the task ahead of them. They had never been outside the borders of the Shire, had no idea how big and dangerous the outside world really was.
Kevin Anderson
I cry manly tears every time I watch it And I am no man
Isaiah Mitchell
WWI movie with Tolkien as the main character that ends with him grading papers at Oxford and suddenly writing "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." fucking when?
Alexander Jenkins
That shit was such a gamble.
You just know after the final battle against Melkor, Sauron and Gandalf were chilling and Sauron is like, "dude I can't believe that shit with the little dudes and the Ring worked..."
Landon Foster
Not even.
Shire -> Rivendell lasted late July to October. They left Rinvendell in early Winter and it was still Winter when they got to Lorien. They stayed there for a month (for them a few days) and it was nearly Spring when the Fellowship broke.
It's been awhile since I read the books, but I'm pretty sure the Ring is destroyed around Autumn.
Isaac White
Humble protestant virtue user, it's what built the modern world
Ryan Fisher
And now that world is being cucked
Elijah Anderson
hobbits have +10 to bravery
Parker Turner
...
Joshua Taylor
It isn't that hard when you are not a delusioned post-modern atheist
Jeremiah Adams
You have to keep in mind he had the one ring itself which gives you a bravery stat of at least +100 and it gives you stealth with instant cooldown (with diminishing returns of course) the ring actually helped him on his journey because it wanted to go back to Sauron but golem fucking saved the day by overextending mid lane and destroying the ring. Also he had sam-wise the friendly gardener of truth and friendship which is a solid +5 charisma boost.
Alexander Robinson
Reading a post full of meme, /tg/ references, any dota meta references and TLotR while listening to Daft Punk. A man can take only so much coolness inside.
Nicholas James
Actually gave me chills and I've only read the books once
Eli Rivera
>I wasn't droppin no eaves, sir.
Jose Rodriguez
Somehow Sean Astin managed to be the best actor in a movie full of legendary actors.
Brayden Long
>There will never be a movie thats as universally liked on this board as LOTR
feels bad man
Jose Brooks
because certain death was if they did not.
Henry Edwards
The whole series was kind of a metaphor for war and how "small" people can find themselves able to do things considered by many to be impossible or terrifying- not cause if they don't it'll be the end of the world or anything, but because they're doing it for the guy next to them
that feeling of camaraderie and brotherhood withing warfare is something that you can't really explain, it's just that you know that this dude next to you will literally lay down his life for you and you'll do the same without a second thought
that kind of brotherhood is fairly unique to soldiers and maybe other jobs like firefighters
Grayson Stewart
Wasn't "a few days" in Lorien, it just seemed that way to the Hobbits. Read a book, Nog.
Destroyed in March. Read it again.
Aaron Jones
Correct.
Andrew Foster
The Brits in WWI and WWII really had an amazing resolve and drive to protect their home against some really overwhelming odds. Tolkien really got that having lived it.
Julian Kelly
The same way WWI soldiers had the balls to do what they did.
Julian Lee
I didn't fully appreciate the two towers until I got older, and it was partially because of threads here on Sup Forums
Angel Roberts
This thread really reflects the current state of Sup Forums and shows how far it has sunk.
Why the fug didn't they give the ring to Samwise? Nigga was tough as balls.
But no, let's give it to fey-ass Frodo, who is literally genetically predispositioned to being the ring's bitch.
Fucking Gandalf just likes to see Bagginses suffer.
Owen Lewis
I hope you love horses user
Ethan Harris
You're a fucking moron
Wyatt Cruz
Because at the time Sam didn't understand the danger of it. Frodo had experienced it first hand plus had seen what it did to Bilbo so he was the only one there who truly appreciated it's power, except for Gandalf who refused since he knew even he would just abuse it.
Nathaniel Cox
thanks for your opinion.
Wyatt Cooper
Did Bilbo never told Frodo about Gollum?
Samuel Morris
Yes, Frodo even brings it up.
Jonathan Rogers
Why was the soundtrack for these films so good?
Landon Rogers
Because everything in them was good.
Wyatt Russell
The are men. Not women in the fellowship. Bro can motivate another bro and no pussy as distraction and reasons to conflict.
Andrew Morales
ayo any toronto niggas here? the symphony orchestra is playing the soundtrack to the movie in December. I snagged some tickets. time to cry like a bitch
Julian Adams
Tolkien was a Catholic desu, it seeps into every part of his work
Jordan Mitchell
Because they were misinformed. They didn't know the eagles would have done the job a lot faster.