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If you read interviews with Sir Tolkien close enough you recognize that these stories are all about love in friendship. Merry and Pippin portrayed a second element of love and devotion inside a friendship. They were more than friends but they were also more than brothers. I still cannot find the word for their type of friendship. Just undescribable. They had a deep understanding of one another. Merry may have been the so-called "more mature one" but Pippin had shown his quality many a time when the need came about. They looked out for one another. Billy Boyd portrayed the precise emotion that I imagined Pippin would when he was separated from Merry for what he knew could possibly be forever. Watch the movie, look for that emotion on each of their faces and you'll see the exact meaning of true friendship.
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