[Elendur]

I have to say, I have read LOTR 3 times through, but I never did think about the Maser/Servant relationship being like you guys/gals explained it. I personally didn't really know why Sam was so formal with Frodo all the time. I thought they were just good freinds and Sam happened to be the gardener. I know there is not much of a difference between Sam being a freind who happens to be a gardener and Sam who is a servant and also a good freind, but the formality that Sam treats Frodo with definitely makes more sense. Im sure if this kind of Master/Servant relationship was known to more people there wouldn't be nearly as many questions about the hobbits being homosexual. I guess alot of people dont fully know about it because that sort of thing doesn't even exist anymore in most places.

One of the things that strikes me as odd, though, is that when people ask about the Hobbits, they say "Are they gay"? When gay is used in the books to mean happy. It is like people nowadays saying "You are a faggot". Im thinking, Im a stick? I guess language just changes. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Sorry about saying the whole Sam holding Frodo in Cirith Ungol thing. The reason I did was because people who have asked about this before have emphasized the point where Sam is holding Frodo (when he is naked) and thinking he could stay like that forever because he was so happy. I can understand why he would be happy to have his master back, but some people take it the wrong way.