[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: LOTR review

[John Walton]

I said:
>> I *still* agree with Ursula LeGuin. I think that the "sir" thing could have
>> been left out. They're meant to bloody well be contemporaries... *frowns*

Heather replied:
> Actually, they're not. The Gamgees are sort of the "po white trash"
> of the Shire, and Samwise is an employee of the Bagginses. Frodo
> always sees more in Sam than Sam sees in himself, and it makes it all
> the more rewarding when at the end of the series.... well, now, that
> would just be telling, wouldn't it? :)

Oh, okay. *mutters* In that case, the movie should have made that clear to
people like me who thought that all the Hobbits were childhood friends and
knew each other from sitting around listening to people tell stories.

--John, who cannot WAIT to see LoTR again!

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Percy smiled back, reminding himself not to let his face show exactly how
gorgeous he found Oliver.  *Aloof, unavailable, Head Boy. Aloof, unavailable
Head Boy. With girlfriend.*

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