![]() But must we now have a rash of stories whose authors feel conscientiously obligated to deal with the inevitable problem of homosexuality 'rearing its ugly head' in every spaceship story from now on, just because that problem is well and truly dealt with in one or two such stories? The writing on the wall might indicate that perhaps we must. Jerry Bixby, in SHARE ALIKE, has made almost the same point in a rather shuddery story of a man who enjoys contact with a (male) vampire. The first mention I can find of this theory is in a 1961 issue of the fanzine Sex in Science Fiction, in an article by Marion Zimmer Bradley titled "How Dragged Were My Heels".īradley doesn't seem to agree that the Frodo and Sam relationship should be classified as homosexual, but she definitely floats the idea.Īnd some writers -Judith Merril in a book whose name I have forgotten-glanced on the possibility that future spaceship crews or colonies on the moon, all-male, would have to compensate for possible repressed homosexual desires in themselves. This trend began within a few years of publication, at least as early as 1961 My question is, did this start with the movies? Was it because of how Frodo and Sam were portrayed on screen by Elijah Wood and Sean Astin? Or is this trend older than the films and internet speculation? So there seems to be this trend among fans to portray Frodo and Sam as gay. Anyhow, our instinct when the movie came out was to, uh, just to love the fans, embrace the movie and the characters, and uh, and so whatever people want conceptualize for them is fine with us. It was so, when it came out, like coming out of the closet, oh my gosh. We loved, uh, the gay fanfiction when it came out. ![]() and my feeling about that is that, uh, you know, Rachel said to say that, um, to tell you that, you know, with a, you know, sort of kidding.īut why, why? First of all how do you know they didn't? You know what I mean? It's a long trek to Modor. I think Sam and Frodo should have kissed. If I understand correctly, he is responding to a question or paid for line from a fan asking about Frodo and Sam's relationship/sexuality. Running Gag: The skits with Legolas solving everyone's problems by shooting an arrow with the Ring tied to it at Mount Doom, destroying it instantly.In my journey through the internet I came across this Reddit post which links a Cameo from Sean Astin (Sam in the LotR movies).Not That There's Anything Wrong with That: What his "if they were actually gay that'd be cool" comments about Frodo/Sam comes off as, right before he makes not-impressed faces about lines that were in the book.Marty Stu: The Critic considers Legolas to have become one over the course of the movies.Like You Would Really Do It: Discussed by the Critic in #5.Having a friendship and being in love are two very different things." To the Critic, it was obvious that Tolkien's intention was to show the friendship aspect more. "If Frodo and Sam were actually gay in the story, I wouldn't care.The intention was not to show The Power of Love it was meant to show The Power of Friendship. Ho Yay: The Critic's problem with Sam and Frodo's relationship.God-Mode Sue: What the Critic thinks Legolas became over the course of the movies.Ending Fatigue: In regards to the ending of The Return of the King.Badass Decay: The Critic states that this happened to Arwen after being written out of the story via her "life tied to the fate of the Ring.".Adaptational Comic Relief: The Critic doesn't like how this happened to Gimli.Just Letting Gandalf Die (The Fellowship letting Gandalf fall down an abyss in the first film without any real justification.).The numerous false endings in Return of the King.Gimli's Idiot Moments (Gimli's reduction to comic relief.). ![]()
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