Lord of the rings gay
Reading these scenes through a literal and historical lens makes it seem like Sam’s dedication to Frodo is nothing more than mere servitude. Sam is faithful, employable, and easy to control. His commitment to Frodo can be looked at as an end to the means of destroying the Ring. Certainly, J.R.R. Tolkien saw Sam in this way, with many scholars and critics mentioning the two hobbits were inspired by soldiers in World War I. Frodo would represent a soldier with higher authority, while Sam would be that man’s subordinate.
This historical reading of the text doesn’t represent Frodo and Sam aren’t infused with a tenderness that perhaps wasn’t originally intended to occur though. The acting and script writing of Jackson’s films spin the Frodo and Sam dynamic into something truly special. The climactic peaks of Frodo and Sam’s journey shine bright and deserve a chance to be discussed as queer in nature.
Frodo and Sam’s Tangible Tenderness
The potential queerness embedded in Frodo and Sam’s interaction resides in their heartachingly beautiful physical kinship. Sam and Frod
Make Amazon&#;s Lord of the Rings Homosexual, You Cowards
The romance of Frodo Baggins&#; life was one Mr. Samwise Gamgee. Nothing in the entirety of the Tolkien canon, even Sam&#;s wife, will ever dissuade me from this proof. Frodo and Sam&#;s story is about love, no matter how you spot it, but for many of us who adore the world of Tolkien, they were gay. So too were Merry and Pippin. And Gimli and Legolas. And Aragorn and Boromir probably had a thing that one second. Also, let&#;s not forget whatever was going on with Bilbo and Thorin.
The point is that Middle Earth was and is, for many of us, a very very gay place and I would very much like to see that gender non-conforming legacy reflected in some way, in Amazon&#;s new Lord of the Rings series.
Before we go into my hopes for the new series, let&#;s look a bit more deeply at the imaginative and the gigantic place it holds in the history of slash shipping. Slash, in case you&#;re new around here, refers to a romantic association between two male characters. The designation was first used in reference to fics about Kirk and Spock that were labeled Kirk/
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I just finished watching one of my most anticipated shows in years. The Rings of Power is the Lord of the Rings prequel that explores the Rise of Sauron and the forging of the One Ring (and all the others that are linked to it).
Going in, I was a bit concerned about this new franchise&#; after all, it was constructed from whole cloth from some appendices at the finish of the Lord of the Rings by the corporate folks over at Amazon Prime. Epic fantasy by committee.
Even so, I actually enjoyed it.
The visuals are gorgeous, every bit as good as the films. We finally acquire a glimpse at the glorious world that existed before the Third Age, the period when LOTR takes place. The elven city of Linden&#; the human isle of Numenor, and the dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm are all rendered in breathtaking beauty here. I want to go live there.
But where the story really shines are in its female characters. Unlike the authentic trilogy, women take center stage here.
Morfydd Clark fills in Galadriel&#;s character nicely, crafting a warrior with a spine made of mithril. It was marvelous
Recently, I watched dollar bills rain down onto a Frodo Baggins drag musician at a Bushwick nightclub. Surrounded by kissing hobbits, a dancing Ent, a wizard in pole-dancing heels, and a hundred other nerds, I watched queen Frodo lip-sync Miley Cyrus’s “It’s the Climb” en route to a metaphorical Mount Doom and couldn’t help but wonder, “What would the dead Catholic dude who wrote The Lord of the Rings think about all of this?”
J.R.R. Tolkien probably wouldn’t have approved of a night branded “Fagtasia: LOTR is about to acquire HELMS DEEP!!” Chances are, it would have melted his Victorian Era-born head. But the opinions of the presumably but not definitively straight Tolkien are ultimately beside the point: The Lord of the Rings is for the shes, theys, and gays.
And now that the films’ rights have sold for an estimated $2 billion, with talks of a Marvel-style film universe in the works, I just don’t want anyone to forget LOTR’s women- and queer-led fandom. Or worse, trivialize it.
As a pansexual woman who has only recently leaned into her queerness, The Lord of the Rings bo