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theorahsart · 9 months

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Here's a little LotR themed comic I did a couple years ago.

I'm forever in love with Frodo's bravery, and Sam's devotion to be there beside him.

I majorly HC book-version-Sam as being autistic for many reasons, and wanted to explore the stubborn, devotional relentless love that can be seen in autistic-love through Frodo n Sam <3

#lord of the rings fan art #lotr comic #frodo and sam #actuallyautistic #autistic hc #frodo baggins #samwise gamgee #comic #comic art #lotr fan art #frodoxsam #autism love #hobbits

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dartxo · 5 months

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"Samwise the Brave"

2022

'...Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam...'

-"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", by J.R.R. Tolkien

Last but not least in my countdown of favorite Two Towers scenes is Sam's speech to Frodo in Osgiliath. A scene that isn't really in the books, but that embodies and enhances the spirit of Tolkien beautifully. It's a perfect, comforting resolution to Frodo's moment of complete despair earlier, and accompanies perfectly the simultaneous moments of triumph at Isengard and at Helm's Deep. And I'm sure I'm not alone in saying this, but it's also a scene I turn to when I find myself sad and despondent at the state of the world. A true testament to Sam's role as a support and a rock, not just for Frodo, but for the readers and viewers as well.

#sam gamgee #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins #lord of the rings #two towers #lotr #lotr fanart #lotr art #screencap redraw #photoshop #fandom #art #artists on tumblr #mexican artist #autistic artist #dartxo

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on-wednesdays-we-eat-the-rich · 2 months

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Here's a list of my favourite autistic-coded characters (there are a lot of them. buckle up) except I don't explain any of them, and if you want me to go into detail about someone then ask me and I'll comply! Please ask me I want to infodump about them.

(None of these characters are canonically autistic, just coded. Before people yell at me in the notes.)

Frodo Baggins

Sam Gamgee

Bilbo Baggins

Pippi Longstocking

Greg from Over the Garden Wall

The Captain

Mary Guppy

Robin the caveman

Kitty Higham

Thomas Thorne

Dirk Gently

Farah Black

Bart Curlish

Molly from Lumberjanes

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verchielmarch · 8 months

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You would say its past hobbit day but every day is hobbit day to me :) its Frodo time

#frodo baggins #lotr #my art #ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm its him. the guy. the main character of lotr.#maybe youve heard of him. hes gay and autistic and he has a little hobbit belly

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camille-lachenille · 1 year

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Look at what I found at the flea market!!!!

They are so ugly and kitch, they are perfect! I love them so much!!!! My squirrel brain is bouncing with joy!!!!

Also, these little guys costed me basically nothing as I grabbed some very elvish leaf-shaped hair clips with them and I paid 10 francs for the lot (it’s cheap for Switzerland and the town I live).

#tolkien #the lord of the rings #figurine #gimli son of gloin #frodo baggins #boromir #arwen undomiel #galadriel #special interest #autistic joy

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autisticcharacterslist · 1 year

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Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings. Special interest: languages. Has few friends, as he's quiet, bookish, & thought of as different/odd. Has a formal way of speaking. Seems serious but has an excellent sense of humor once you get to know him. Also has a strong sense of justice. Is a very genuine, candid person & terrible at lying. Extremely empathetic, sensitive, loyal, & can't always tell friend from foe. Shows signs of social anxiety & depression.

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sadclowngorl · 6 months

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lord of the rings two towers is just a movie about two guys with an autistic dog

#the autistic dog is gollum btw #lord of the rings #lord of the rings the two towers #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins #lotr #the hobbit #lil honk

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starryystim · 7 months

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frodo baggins stimboard for anon!

taking requests! dm or ask if interested :3

#actually autistic #stimboard #safe space #stimming #frodo baggins #lord of the rings

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fandomsarefamily1966 · 1 year

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Frodo Baggins 🤝 Beth March

Two sweet, introverted, kind hearted characters who act as an inspiration to others, suffer quite a lot of pain as a result of a selfless act, and may or may not have a disability of some kind

#the lord of the rings #little women #frodo baggins #beth march #I love both of them so much #I could honestly write a whole essay on Beth and how she could be autistic #and I actually did for Frodo #but it was about his trauma #specifically how Tolkien writes it and how it applies to Disability Studies #but that's for another day #🥺#❤️

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heartsdefine · 6 months

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i love the moment when sam finds the elvish bread down the stairs, realizes gollum must've tossed it, and you get to watch him go from feeling hurt to feeling 100% pure autistic rage in real time.

#*me rubbing my autistic hands all over the hobbits* they all are btw #re; frodo baggins. ( endurance beyond hope )#ooc. ( a suspicious lack of dragons )#tbd.

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dartxo · 5 months

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"I Can Carry You"

2023

...and so Sam struggled on as best he could, having no guidance but the will to climb as high as might be before his strength gave out and his will broke.

-"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", by J.R.R. Tolkien

A scene that probably is a favorite for many; one that epitomizes more than any other the power of friendship; and in my opinion, Sam's most heroic moment.

It brings me back to the first film, when Saruman mocked Gandalf for thinking hobbits could ever contend with the will of Sauron. This scene proves that Gandalf was right, and Saruman wrong: in their own way, the willpower of hobbits IS strong enough to shake the foundations of evil itself.

#sam gamgee #samwise gamgee #frodo baggins #mount doom #lord of the rings #return of the king #lotr #lotr fanart #lotr art #fandom #screencap redraw #photoshop #art #artists on tumblr #mexican artist #autistic artist #dartxo

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on-wednesdays-we-eat-the-rich · 2 years

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All right, I'm about to say it. Frodo Baggins is autistic.

During what I just realised is literal years I've spent researching autism, I have noticed quite a lot of autistic traits not only in myself, but also in Frodo. And I'm going to talk about them because I've been thinking about this for a long time and I just really want to talk about it. (Also this gives me a chance to practise analysing stuff for some English exams which are happening soon.)

Just to be clear: I am not a psychologist nor do I claim to be; this is based on extensive research, my own experiences and the experiences of other autistic people that I've seen/heard/read about.

I'll focus on the book first.

So, literally one of the first things anyone says about Frodo and his family is that they're "queer", in this case meaning "strange". Someone also says Frodo is very similar to Bilbo, and if Bilbo is not autistic I will eat my fucking hat. It also makes sense that some people in Frodo's family would be autistic because autism is genetic.

In the first chapter of "Fellowship", Frodo spends the day after Bilbo's party dealing with various annoying hobbits, and we get these lines: "In the middle of the commotion the Sackville-Bagginses arrived. Frodo had retired for a while and left his friend Merry Brandybuck to keep an eye on things. When Otho loudly demanded to see Frodo, Merry bowed politely. 'He is indisposed,' he said. 'He is resting.'" and "Frodo was sitting at a table with a lot of papers in front of him. He looked indisposed – to see Sackville-Bagginses at any rate; and he stood up, fidgeting with something in his pocket. But he spoke quite politely". Both imply quite strongly that he ends up getting burnt-out from having to interact with all those people. Also, "fidgeting with something in his pocket" sounds a lot like stimming, and it happens again in the Prancing Pony when he stands on a table and tries to divert the attention away from Pippin. Another example of stimming is the random singing/waxing poetic that happens frequently in the book. However ridiculous it might be to read, it's actually something I do quite a lot, especially at school.

There are some implications of sensory issues throughout the book. In chapter six Frodo is "reluctant to have his garments touched". When he is in Lothlórien he seems to experience some kind of sensory euphoria, suggested by the lines: "The others cast themselves down upon the fragrant grass, but Frodo stood awhile still lost in wonder" and "He saw no colour but those he knew, gold and white and blue and green, but they were fresh and poignant, as if he had at that moment first perceived them and made for them names new and wonderful", which describe quite accurately how sensory euphoria feels for me. In chapter one of book four when he hears one of the Ringwraiths he "loosed his hold (on the rope) and put his hands over his head and ears"; this quote is fairly self-explanatory.

Frodo doesn't speak for a great deal of the book (highlighted in various quotes, including, "He said nothing, indeed he hardly spoke at all") and there are multiple occasions when someone, usually of high status, is talking to him and he doesn't say anything back because he can't find the words. When I read this I thought, bloody hell this is literally me.

He also has a very strong moral compass and sense of justice, which is shown frequently in the book (and the films, of course, but the book seems to make it more obvious). He makes a point of avoiding having to kill people, two good examples of these people being Gollum and Saruman. Several moments in the book, for example, the part where the elves don't want to let Gimli into Lothlórien and Frodo defends him, and the part where Faramir says Gollum should be blindfolded when they leave Henneth Annûn to which Frodo says this: "Blindfold us all three, and cover up my eyes first, and then perhaps he will see that no harm is meant" show how much he values fairness, and his determination to keep things fair in difficult situations.

To end the section about the book, here are two quotes:

"'I had a funny dream an hour or two before we stopped, Mr. Frodo,' he said. 'Or maybe it wasn’t a dream. Funny it was anyway.' 'Well, what was it?' said Frodo, knowing that Sam would not settle down until he had told his tale, whatever it was. 'I haven’t seen or thought of anything to make me smile since we left Lothlórien.' 'It wasn’t funny that way, Mr. Frodo. It was queer. All wrong, if it wasn’t a dream.'"

and: "Faramir smiled grimly. 'Then you would grieve to learn that Boromir is dead?' 'I would grieve indeed,' said Frodo. Then catching the look in Faramir’s eyes, he faltered. 'Dead?' he said. 'Do you mean that he is dead, and that you knew it? You have been trying to trap me in words, playing with me? Or are you now trying to snare me with a falsehood?'"

In the first quote Sam says his dream was "funny", meaning, "It was queer. All wrong, if it wasn’t a dream", but Frodo takes him literally and thinks he means "funny" as in "anything to make me smile". Autistic people are often more likely to take things literally when meanings aren't entirely clear. And something similar happens when Frodo talks to Faramir, as shown in the second quote. When Faramir says, "Then you would grieve to learn that Boromir is dead?" Frodo doesn't understand him straight away and assumes he is talking hypothetically.

Okay now I'll focus on the films. I'll probably be doing more subtext-reading for this, because the films can't really show what's going on in Frodo's head as well as the book can. So I can't promise that everything I say here will be totally accurate but I'm thinking, if it's not explicitly stated, you technically can't tell if it's wrong or right so I'm going to go with what I think is the most accurate interpretation of the evidence given, and hope for the best.

The way Frodo expresses himself in the films is interesting. He is likely to be more expressive when he's with people he's close to, like Gandalf, than when he's with people he is less friendly with, like the elves in Lothlórien. If we compare his facial expressions in these shots:

to these:

we can see that they change a fair bit more when he's talking to Gandalf than when he is in Lothlórien with the rest of the Fellowship and the elves. In the first three pictures his face doesn't really change drastically but it conveys various different emotions, whereas in the last two pictures his face is very neutral and it's harder to tell what he's feeling. It's also important to take note of the scene in between these two sections, which I'll just refer to as Gandalf's Death Scene. Frodo's reaction to Gandalf's death presents itself as a relatively short but very intense outburst which quickly turns into a much quieter, and what looks like a more internal, reaction. He goes from screaming at the initial shock to just crying silently within about two minutes. The impression I'm getting from this is that he feels quite intense emotions but possibly struggles to express them, especially around people he doesn't know. And the scenes I've mentioned are just a couple of examples. Here are some more:

(talking to Faramir)

(talking to Sam)

See the difference?

Going along similar lines, Frodo is clearly shown to have a lot of empathy. The stereotype is that autistic people don't have much empathy, and while this is the case for some people, for others the opposite is true. Frodo is very empathetic and also very compassionate. He obviously cares a lot about other people and he at least tries to be kind to everyone, even when no-one else sees the point. (Is it obvious I'm referring to Gollum? Because let's be real, we all knew this was going to come up eventually. I've talked in great detail about this before so I won't elaborate too much about it now or else I'll just be repeating myself. If you want to read my analysis about Frodo's relationship with Gollum, it's on my blog somewhere, it's fairly recent and it shouldn't be hard to find.)

I think one of the most noticeable differences between the book and the films, at least in the context of what I'm writing about, is the fact that the body language in the films seems to have more significance (for want of a better word). Not that there isn't any in the book, because of course there is, but as far as I can tell, the films, being very visual things, allow body language to be shown more clearly and with more subtle details than the book. This is what has led me to focus more on things like facial expressions when I'm talking about the films, in contrast to what I've said about the book, which is mostly about dialogue (or lack thereof) and description. So, following on from that, I'd like to point out something that is apparently quite obvious and has caused a lot of people to take the piss out of Frodo: his clumsiness. Apparently Frodo falls over thirty-nine times (or thereabouts) in the film trilogy, and spends a fair amount of time walking like he's got two left feet. Struggling with balance and coordination is a slightly less well-known autistic trait but it's an autistic trait nonetheless, and it's also a symptom of other disabilities like dyspraxia. So I would advise against making fun of it, because being made fun of for showing signs of a disability doesn't feel great.

In conclusion, Frodo is autistic-coded and I see this as an absolute win, whether it was intentional or no. He is a brilliant character and the fact that he is autistic-coded just makes me like him even more. There are a lot of fictional characters that I like and can relate to, but I have yet to find someone I can identify with as much as Frodo.

#lord of the rings #frodo baggins #i wrote another essay at ungodly hours of the night #at this point I'm not even surprised #this has become a normal occurrence #i would have used more pictures but i'm only allowed to use ten so i hope this still gets the point across #autistic characters #lotr analysis

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mlmshipbracket · 3 months

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ROUND 1: POLL #45

ROUND 1 POLLS [HERE]

PROPAGANDA BELOW

Frodo Baggins/Samwise Gamgee:

Bai Lang/Jin Xun’An:

Me and the hot autistic dentist I pulled by being a traumatized little meow meow. Ultimate freak4freak. Have their first kiss/make out on a dentist chair and then proceed to do a tooth mold thing in the same chair afterwards. so much tooth-centric flirting.