Sam did all the cooking, gathered water, managed supplies, and made sure they didn’t starve.
→ Frodo carried the Ring.
Sam did the emotional heavy lifting—kept Frodo sane, motivated, and moving forward through hopelessness.
→ Frodo carried the Ring.
Sam did the dirty work of fighting off Gollum more than once, including barehanded wrestling.
→ Frodo carried the Ring.
Sam did the impossible and carried Frodo up the slopes of Mount Doom.
→ Frodo carried the Ring. Barely.
Sam did what Frodo couldn’t: held the Ring and gave it back without hesitation.
→ Frodo tried to keep it.
Sam did what no man, elf, or dwarf could—stabbed Shelob and lived to tell about it.
→ Frodo got poisoned and gift-wrapped.
Sam did a solo stealth mission into an Orc-infested tower to rescue Frodo.
→ Frodo got himself captured.
Sam did the navigation, planning, and kept them alive in Mordor when Frodo could barely crawl.
→ Frodo carried the Ring (while Sam carried Frodo).
Sam did the noble thing and resisted the Ring’s temptation—even when Frodo couldn’t.
→ Frodo literally claimed the Ring for himself at the finish line.
Sam did the final act of loyalty—stood by Frodo ready to die, with no thought of glory.
→ Frodo sat there like a broken potato with a jewelry addiction.
Frodo was less “Ring-bearer” and more glorified emotional support backpack with trust issues. Sam did everything. Frodo just carried the Ring—and even that nearly broke him.
Well we do know that Sam was under the influence of the Ring when he carried it just a little. So if he was the Ringbearer he definitely could cook food and do other stuff to bring the Ring to Sauron.
I’m not belittling the importance of Sam to destroy the Ring, he was absolutely necessary, but even more so was Frodo.
Sounds more like Sam was the ringbearer and Frodo was a magical glove that lessened the rings power over its holder.
You gotta carry a hot piece of iron across the country, you cant hold it with your hands so you use tongs. Both are equally important.
Both were required for the task. Both were equally valuable for the task. At least that’s what I took from lotr. Maybe one could argue Sam was replaceable while Frodo was not but that’s speculative at best… we just cant know if anyone else could do what Sam did.
Carrying the ring nearly broke him because it was an unbelievably difficult task. If Sam were to have carried the ring he would’ve been unable to do all the great things he did, and ultimately would have needed Frodo or someone else to do them. And then you’d be sitting here telling us all about how Sam was useless and Frodo (or someone else) did everything.
Sam did all the cooking, gathered water, managed supplies, and made sure they didn’t starve.
→ Frodo carried the Ring.
Sam did the emotional heavy lifting—kept Frodo sane, motivated, and moving forward through hopelessness.
→ Frodo carried the Ring.
Sam did the dirty work of fighting off Gollum more than once, including barehanded wrestling.
→ Frodo carried the Ring.
Sam did the impossible and carried Frodo up the slopes of Mount Doom.
→ Frodo carried the Ring. Barely.
Sam did what Frodo couldn’t: held the Ring and gave it back without hesitation.
→ Frodo tried to keep it.
Sam did what no man, elf, or dwarf could—stabbed Shelob and lived to tell about it.
→ Frodo got poisoned and gift-wrapped.
Sam did a solo stealth mission into an Orc-infested tower to rescue Frodo.
→ Frodo got himself captured.
Sam did the navigation, planning, and kept them alive in Mordor when Frodo could barely crawl.
→ Frodo carried the Ring (while Sam carried Frodo).
Sam did the noble thing and resisted the Ring’s temptation—even when Frodo couldn’t.
→ Frodo literally claimed the Ring for himself at the finish line.
Sam did the final act of loyalty—stood by Frodo ready to die, with no thought of glory.
→ Frodo sat there like a broken potato with a jewelry addiction.
Frodo was less “Ring-bearer” and more glorified emotional support backpack with trust issues.
Sam did everything. Frodo just carried the Ring—and even that nearly broke him.
Well we do know that Sam was under the influence of the Ring when he carried it just a little. So if he was the Ringbearer he definitely could cook food and do other stuff to bring the Ring to Sauron.
I’m not belittling the importance of Sam to destroy the Ring, he was absolutely necessary, but even more so was Frodo.
Sounds more like Sam was the ringbearer and Frodo was a magical glove that lessened the rings power over its holder.
You gotta carry a hot piece of iron across the country, you cant hold it with your hands so you use tongs. Both are equally important.
Both were required for the task. Both were equally valuable for the task. At least that’s what I took from lotr. Maybe one could argue Sam was replaceable while Frodo was not but that’s speculative at best… we just cant know if anyone else could do what Sam did.
Carrying the ring nearly broke him because it was an unbelievably difficult task. If Sam were to have carried the ring he would’ve been unable to do all the great things he did, and ultimately would have needed Frodo or someone else to do them. And then you’d be sitting here telling us all about how Sam was useless and Frodo (or someone else) did everything.
New copypasta just dropped.