and I'll take this one with the broken handle in to Hobbiton to be fixed. Frodo, I don't when the last time these pots got a good scrubbing, but don't you worry about that. I'm the best cook in these parts, or at least so I'm told." Frodo, see, let me take of that for you, I'll get those taters whipped up double-quick. He'd notice something that needed to be done, and just take care of it: I suspect he was only originally the Gardener, and the rest of his job was "mission creep" as they say in the military. While Sam might only have one of these titles, his reaction to Pippin's joke in the Shire ".have you got the bathwater hot?" shows he did more than tend the garden. Underhill.) The very inequality of their roles makes the concept of an intimate 'gay' relationship absurd, even if there were gay hobbits about.Ī Manservant was a combination personal secretary, butler, cook, gardener, man Friday. I don't think the idea is filthy my friend, but I am relieved to finally find someone who is familiar with the Master/Manservant relationship. Of course nowadays all people are supposedly equal, so this sort of culture-of-deference stuff's a bit distasteful, but without an understanding of that way of thinking it's impossible to understand certain social relationships in literature. Sam would never address Frodo as anything other than 'Mr Frodo' or 'Sir' to do so would be to take liberties, although his position as a personal servant does allow him to use 'Mr. This is not to say that the bond isn't deeper than that between friends or more selfless than that between lovers, but it lacks the familiarity of either. This sort of relationship can never even be called friendship with any degree of accuracy because although it's founded on mutual respect and trust there's no sense of equality. This is complicated by the fact that the relationship shared by Sam and Frodo is a survival from feudalism rarely found these days even in Britain (yep, those comedy rustics, country squires and faithful butlers so beloved by Hollywood have all gone the way of the dodo): that between a kindly and understanding master and a loyal and trusted servant (a senior servant, mark you it lacks the condescendingly avuncular overtones of a relationship between the master and, for example, the stable lad in charge of his favourite horse). Having said that, English is a language impoverished by having only one word (love) to describe a large number of differing feelings, most of which are completely asexual. The only excuse for these contemptible little philistines is their unbelievable small-mindedness, which goes hand-in-hand with a desire to belittle or pervert found only in the outstandingly stupid. When he himself might his quietus make/With a bare bodkinĪnd who go through the Oxford dictionary underlining rude words. These people are also the ones who snigger childishly when Hamlet's says: It is they who are responsible for these crass suggestions, which, sadly, can be supported from the text if one looks at it in a certain way (from the perspective of blissful ignorance). Frodo does like to sketch him a lot, though, much to Sam’s embarrassment.There are too many filthy-minded children of all ages who have been taught to read despite all the evidence that this is a pointless exercise. In a universe where cameras are a thing, Sam would be camera shy. He’s always composing new rhymes but he can be shy about it so he likes to compose in the shower first.įrodo lmao. He does his best not to be messy and keep a neat house but sometimes it really does get away from him. Sam does if he’s tired and coming in from the garden. tries to surprise their partner more oftenįrodo! Mostly because Sam never expects anything.Frodo does his best to try to remember not to put too much responsibility on Sam because Sam would never complain, but he can be forgetful sometimes. Sam is very neat and tidy and actually kind of likes chores though. He always comes around though!įrodo! My boy is a hot gay mess. He tries to get Sam to try things and like, Sam has a cultured palate when it comes to his comfort-zone in cuisine but if he has to try ‘foreign food’ he really struggles. He’s very generous and hosts nice parties, though (just like Bilbo taught him)! But Sam is the person who’s giving helpful gardening tips and always bringing over something he grew in his garden like “oh hey my plum tree just went buck wild this year please help me get rid of these, I made jam!”įrodo. So people love him but sometimes he has a hard time connecting very well. Frodo never moves him because he doesn’t like to wake him up when he’s this tired! He just tucks him in and makes sure his neck isn’t at a weird angle. He always tires himself out in the garden and then crashes later. SHIPPING MEME - send me a (romantic or platonic) ship and I’ll tell you who:ġ00% Sam.
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