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mark12_30 · 12-31-2002, 10:53 AM

"They (hobbits) are inclined to be fat in the stomach." --From The Hobbit, page two.<P>Tolkien states in his letters (someplace, don't have them on me) that Sam is the quintessential, normal, hobbit-next-door; a hobbit's hobbit, as it were. So he SHOULD exhibit some normal hobbit-ness. And a slight portliness is considered normal for a mature male hobbit. <P>Although I do tend to agree with you that by The Crossroads, he would have been tightening up his suspenders a bit. <P>Frodo was quite a bit leaner by the time he got to Rivendell.

12-31-2002, 10:53 AM	#20
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	"They (hobbits) are inclined to be fat in the stomach." --From The Hobbit, page two.<P>Tolkien states in his letters (someplace, don't have them on me) that Sam is the quintessential, normal, hobbit-next-door; a hobbit's hobbit, as it were. So he SHOULD exhibit some normal hobbit-ness. And a slight portliness is considered normal for a mature male hobbit. <P>Although I do tend to agree with you that by The Crossroads, he would have been tightening up his suspenders a bit. <P>Frodo was quite a bit leaner by the time he got to Rivendell. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.