ok so, for people who have seen the LOTR films but not read the book Iâd like to share some things that are 100% canon:
- Sam Gamgee uses the word âbonerâ. In a song. Several times.
- he also writes a poem that contains the phrase âgolden showersâ. (this is actually in the extended cut but they changed it to âsilver showersâ)
- at one point after heâs defeated Saruman steals Merryâs weed & runs away
- Denethor has actual mindreading powers
- so does Faramir (but heâs a nice person so they manifest more as heightened empathy)
- Gandalf ALSO has mindreading powers but for entirely different reasons. he reads Frodoâs mind while heâs sleeping at one point, casually reveals this to Frodo, and Frodoâs just like âhuh neatâ
- rather than bravely drawing the orcs away from Frodo like in the film, in the book Merry and Pippin just kind of, panic, bolt into the woods, and run directly into the orcsâ arms.
- Merry then draws his sword and hacks a bunch of orc hands off
- Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli name themselves âthe three huntersâ before setting off to rescue Merry and Pippin because they are dorks
- they also improvise a whole song about how much they loved Boromir
- Aragorn does not initially tell the hobbits heâs a friend of Gandalf bcos he wanted them to like him for who he is. im not kidding. he openly admits to this.
- i feel like this is fairly well known but, if you didnât know Frodo is 50 years old and looks 33
- hobbits PROBABLY age different to humans so looking 33 in practice means he looks about 21
- in accordance with the above Pippin is the equivalent of a 16-17 year old human
- Pippin can pass for a human child and looks like âa boy of nine summersâ
- this isnât that weird i just think itâs really cute: Pippin has 3 older sisters and their names are Pearl, Pimpernel and Pervinca.Â
- Sam & Rosie have 13 children. One of them is called Goldilocks.
- Frodo has another best friend. His name is Fatty. He stayed behind in the Shire to cover for Frodoâs absence and ends up getting jailed for months by Sarumanâs forces.
- Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, who steals spoons, is also jailed by Saruman. (She whacked one of his goons with an umbrella.)
- Grima Wormtongue MAY have eaten an entire hobbit
- Saruman invades the Shire and turns it into a communist hell police state.
- the whole Tom Bombadil thing is common knowledge but if you havenât read the book i guarantee you he is weirder than you think.Â
- to give just 2 examples: 1) the whole tom bombadil arc provides the explanation as to how Eowyn and Merry were able to dispatch the Witch King
- and 2) for unknown reasons sleeping in his house causes everyone to have horrible nightmares⊠EXCEPT for Sam who has a peaceful and dreamless night. no explanation offered for any of this.Â
