The Fellowship of the Ring
I’m currently listening to the audio book for the Two Towers, what can I say..I LOVE A GOOD SPOILER! But I can at this very second say that I do not like the hobbits. Fight me.
And lets get to it.
Frodo thought people would move on from Bilbo’s 111th birthday extravaganza but that didn’t happen. They talked and talked about this for years and Frodo kept throwing a birthday party for Bilbo and himself. Until it just became the norm, lets all celebrate that one dude who gave great parties and disappeared…a lot.
He also was just as silly as Bilbo. And he went around town with Merry (real name Meriadoc) and Pippin (Peregrin Took) on most days. When they weren’t around he just kept to himself and would be seen out on late night walks. And maybe even visited the elves.
“They say she was seen on occasion. Pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight sea.” -Taylor Swift
Reading how he was off on his own —reminded me of T Swifts Great American Dynasty. We are off topic.
Continuing on.
So Adeline I mean Frodo is living his best life. He’s got money now and doesn’t really worry much for anything in life. But he kept track of rumors.
He would chat up the elves that passed by the Shire and came to the conclusion they were leaving Middle-earth for good.
Did I mention he’s 50 now. Gandalf legit said yo Frodo stay here I got stuff to do but hang tight to this suspicious ring and I’ll be right back, could be tomorrow could be 17 years from now.
So he’s 50 now looking way younger and now he’s restless. I suppose it happens you’re carefree, rich and in need of something to scratch that midlife crisis.
So he’s out there walking the forest asking random elves for news of the outside world. And itching for an adventure. Sometimes he met dwarves who also mentioned something was up. We’re at the story where its obvious there an entity out there stirring the pot.
Well Frodo, Sam and some other hobbits are discussing the creepy stories he’s heard from the elves and dwarves. We get introduced to the trees, it’s gossip. But most of the story telling chit chat turns out to be true here. The beings of Middle-earth don’t seem to lie much. They are super suspicious of everyone leaving and discuss it.
And this is when I figured out Sam is the Gardner. In the movie you find him outside in the dark trimming stuff and I thought it was a funny joke. But no he really is the Gardner.
Eventually Gandalf comes back after spending 17 years working on a thesis on this random Ring he should have really had on his radar decades ago.He shows up looks at Frodo and I swear he took Frodo’s vitals.
Gandalf is looking at Frodo and his slow aging process and asking how his health is doing. So he takes off again fast forward 9 YEARS.
‘All well eh?’ said Gandalf. ‘You look the same as ever, Frodo!’
Was he honestly coming and going just to see if Frodo was aging slowly. Bet he kept a book, a log deep in the middle of its pages. In it he writes, ‘Adeline has not aged since the ring.’
SIDE BAR: Age of Adeline is about a woman who gets into a car accident then a lighting bolt strikes her at the right time and she stops aging forever at 30. I wonder if the writer of that took inspiration from good old Frodo never aging like Peter Pan. Anyways the movie is cozy and it has Harrison Ford in it, either he really loved the script or he had bills to pay. I’m not mad about it but it is odd to see Harrison in a romantic drama.
Back to Gandalf he’s about to spill the beans when he stops and he’s like we should talk about this during the day.
Folks he afraid to speak you know whose name into the dark night. So they discuss it in the daylight.
And this is when I come to the Marty Stu (male version of Mary Sue) of it all apparently the mortal race cannot handle the weight of this ring. But Hobbits are magical in a way to be able to just hold on to this ring and chill for decades with the side effect of…aging slowly. I’m sure he’s slowly becoming evil to but I think that is tied into how the hobbits came into possession of the ring.
For example Gollum doesn’t hesitate to end his friend’s life over this ring. Guy went zero to obsessed in a heartbeat and ya know it’s his birthday, he deceived it MORE. Then we get Bilbo who finds it on the floor, finders keepers and all that but also he won that riddle game fair and square and he didn’t kill anyone. He actually spared Gollum’s life. And last we have Frodo who got it as a part of his inheritance. We go from really dark, gray, and white in shades of how badly these three hobbits got this ring.
So I think that’s why Gollum got the worst of it, he was already rotten the core.
“I think the apple’s rotten right to the core.” as Charlie xcx said
Alright let’s leave it here because these chapters are so long.I’ll be updating my post as I typically only have small window to write my thoughts down on this.
I think I’ll get the hang of blogging eventually.
Apple- Charlie xcx
Dear Reader 
Leave a comment