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But first they would need to invent some tape
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They could have fitted the whole ring / tape / mouse assembly into a small paper bag Aragorn could have kept it in his jacket and fed it little bits of lembas on the way how lovely x
no it's cause Sam was a fucking saint
This is my headcanon and I cannot be convinced otherwise.
Yeah sam is the true king imo ๐
I mean, I haven't read the books in a while now, but iirc they make this pretty damn clear
He really was, though. Both Frodo and Bilbo carried the weight better than any other had before them, but they were still negatively impacted by it. But not Sam. Truly a goldenhearted being.