You are right, she did seem fairly formidable! I am probably projecting my own insecurities, but I always thought that the greatest fear Frodo would have had to overcome in order to get Lobelia out the door was the fear that he'd have to endure a massive Scene. Frodo is such a well-spoken gentlehobbit. He does not seem the "making a scene" type. Until he has to issue his threat to Gollum in the Emyn Muil, I can't remember him raising his voice in anger, only in high spirits, in song or to tell a tale, or in calling for help. I can't remember him speaking really sharply to anyone, until he did so to Sam in Mordor, under the influence of fatigue and the Ring. Even in the Scouring, although he spoke strongly against injustices and issued commands, he still did not seem to succumb to using speech, even impassioned speech, to wound or degrade.
I have always felt a little sorry for the S-B's. I wouldn't want to have to endure their company, but they seem such a pitiful, mean-spirited threesome. I think they end up making themselves as miserable as they make anyone else.
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Re: Golden Frodo
Date: 2005-11-07 08:49 pm (UTC)I have always felt a little sorry for the S-B's. I wouldn't want to have to endure their company, but they seem such a pitiful, mean-spirited threesome. I think they end up making themselves as miserable as they make anyone else.