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What did you do during the war?
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Sam did all the cooking, gathered water, managed supplies, and made sure they didn’t starve.
→ Frodo carried the Ring.
Sam did the emotional heavy liftin and kept Frodo sane, motivated, and moving forward through hopelessness.
→ Frodo carried the Ring. Well sighing dramatically.
Sam did the dirty work of fighting off Gollum more than once, including barehanded wrestling.
→ Frodo carried the Ring. Well whining about how Gollum "gets him".
Sam did the impossible and carried Frodo up the slopes of Mount Doom.
→ Frodo carried the Ring. Barely.
Sam did what no man, elf, or dwarf could. Stabbed Shelob and lived to tell about it.
→ Frodo carried the ring. Got poisoned and swaddled by a spider.
Sam did a solo stealth mission into an Orc-infested tower to rescue Frodo.
→ Frodo carried the ring. Nearly lost the ring and got himself captured.
Sam did the navigation, planning, and kept them alive in Mordor when Frodo could barely crawl.
→ Frodo carried the Ring (while Sam carried Frodo).
Sam did the noble thing and resisted the Ring’s temptation, even when Frodo couldn’t.
→ Frodo carried the ring. Than literally claimed the Ring for himself at the finish line.
Sam did the final act of loyalty and stood by Frodo ready to die, with no thought of glory.
→ Frodo reverted to being useless after he couldn't carry the ring. So he sat there like a broken po-tat-o.
Sam did all of this as a swole gardener and working-class hobbit.
→ Frodo was a rich guy’s spoiled nephew who spent his youth reading poetry and skipping stones at the lake.
Frodo was less "Ring-bearer" and more glorified emotional support backpack with trust issues.
Sam did everything. Frodo just carried the Ring and even that nearly broke him.
If the fate of Middle-earth were an Uber ride, Frodo was the guy crying in the backseat while Sam navigated, paid the tolls, and punched a spider.
Carrying the ring nearly broke him because it was an unbelievably difficult task. If Sam were to have carried the ring he would've been unable to do all the great things he did, and ultimately would have needed Frodo or someone else to do them. And then you'd be sitting here telling us all about how Sam was useless and Frodo (or someone else) did everything.
New copypasta just dropped.
Well we do know that Sam was under the influence of the Ring when he carried it just a little. So if he was the Ringbearer he definitely could cook food and do other stuff to bring the Ring to Sauron.
I'm not belittling the importance of Sam to destroy the Ring, he was absolutely necessary, but even more so was Frodo.
Sounds more like Sam was the ringbearer and Frodo was a magical glove that lessened the rings power over its holder.
You gotta carry a hot piece of iron across the country, you cant hold it with your hands so you use tongs. Both are equally important.
Both were required for the task. Both were equally valuable for the task. At least that's what I took from lotr. Maybe one could argue Sam was replaceable while Frodo was not but that's speculative at best.. we just cant know if anyone else could do what Sam did.