This is unironically why I love LoTR. I had like 3 male role models who weren’t toxic while I was growing up, and every one of them was a LoTR character.
Aagorn Sam Gimli. Reading about/watching a dwarf raised in a very racist culture run around with an elf for a few months and realize the racism was trash was very relevant to my childhood
This is unironically why I love LoTR. I had like 3 male role models who weren’t toxic while I was growing up, and every one of them was a LoTR character.
Sam, Faramir and Aragorn?
Aagorn Sam Gimli. Reading about/watching a dwarf raised in a very racist culture run around with an elf for a few months and realize the racism was trash was very relevant to my childhood
Ah, I have not thought about that but it’s a very good point!
Also then a honorable mention for Legolas on the very same reasons!