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he'd be ordering twenty-cask crates of the wines of Dorwinion before too long, wouldn't he?
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Yes, and I would drink half of them before he can blink his pretty Elven eyes. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]
As for Frodo, the way I look at it, I don't think he was meant to experience romance in his life, as sad as that may sound. He had a different mission to fullfill than marriage, babies, etc.
Also (Frodo-lovers, do not bludgeon me with your beer-mugs just yet for the comment I am about to make), it may be that due to the fact that Frodo essentially failed on Mt. Doom, at the very end of his quest, he was not permitted to enjoy the fruits of his labours (i.e. a girlfriend, wife, however you want to look at it) in the Shire. As much as I love Frodo, and as much as I pity him for all that he suffered, I believe that once he put that Ring on his finger for the last time, he doomed himself to misery in Middle Earth. Does that make him a bad Hobbit? No. But his fate and judgement are obviously more complex than that of someone like Sam, who, before journeying across the Sea was still permitted to find joy in his beloved Shire, marry his sweetheart, have babies, watch them grow, all that good stuff.
[ March 29, 2002: Message edited by: Lush ]