Hobbit "social" mores, aye, we wonders...

[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

As I posted elsewhere -

"Witch-King, I wish someone had the nerve to post that as a topic:

(Frodo) stood up, and it looked to Sam if he was clothed in flame: his naked skin was scarlet in the light lamp above.

..Frodo lay back in Sam's arms.. Sam felt like he could sit like that in endless happiness.

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I've honestly wondered about this for years.

Will someone please explain Hobbit culture on this question? Just how straight is Sam, Frodo, etc., and where do you cross the line of friendship (or think it's crossed) in Hobbit customs? I realize later Sam and Rosie spawned like Hobbits-I-mean-rabbits, and no one blinked an eye at Bilbo and Frodo living together for a decade, but Merry and Pippin weren't THAT close. I'm not trying to start scurrilous rumors, and puritans can post elsewhere. I've really wondered about this. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ December 19, 2001: Message edited by: Marileangorifurnimaluim ]