ok so, for people who have seen the LOTR films but not read the book Iād like to share some things that are 100% canon:
- Sam Gamgee uses the wordĀ ābonerā. In a song. Several times.
- he also writes a poem that contains the phraseĀ āgolden showersā. (this is actually in the extended cut but they changed it toĀ āsilver showersā)
- at one point after heās defeated Saruman steals Merryās weed & runs away
- Denethor has actual mindreading powers
- so does Faramir (but heās a nice person so they manifest more as heightened empathy)
- Gandalf ALSO has mindreading powers but for entirely different reasons. he reads Frodoās mind while heās sleeping at one point, casually reveals this to Frodo, and Frodoās just likeĀ āhuh neatā
- 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 orcsā arms.
- Merry then draws his sword and hacks a bunch of orc hands off
- Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli name themselvesĀ āthe three huntersā 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 heās 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 didnāt 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 likeĀ āa boy of nine summersā
- this isnāt that weird i just think itās really cute: Pippin has 3 older sisters and their names are Pearl, Pimpernel and Pervinca.Ā
- 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 Frodoās absence and ends up getting jailed for months by Sarumanās 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 havenāt read the book i guarantee you he is weirder than you think.Ā
- 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 nightmaresā¦ EXCEPT for Sam who has a peaceful and dreamless night. no explanation offered for any of this.Ā
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