Here's my opinion:
I used to live on a farm, OK? we kept chickens. When the chickens had baby chicks, I went in to see them. Now, we all know baby chicks are yellow, right? Now add a red heating lamp. This makes the chick look sorta orange. I must admit, this is what came to my mind when I read the scarlet skin bit.
And someone forgot to mention the next part of the other quote: "it was not enough for him to find his master, he now had to try and save him". This might be why he felt it "wasn't allowed" for he to sit there in "endless happiness". Trust me, you think someone's dead, you search through dead bodies to find him, when you do find him aren't you going to want to hold him close to you and never ever want to let go, be he naked or no?
All that aside, the thought of SAm and Frodo being homosexual never occured to me until I heard others discussing. I mean, I was relieved to finally find myself immersed in a world where 'love' was sitll an acceptable term to use of your parents, your best friends, and your master. I was touched by their innocence, yet devotion (Beren and Luthien, Aragorn and Arwen). THe only time I ever paused to consider sexual relationships in "the lord of the rings" was
A) astonishment at the number of Rosie and Sam's kids (what were they thinking?!?), and
B) regret that all the 'good' guys were 'taken' (Sam, Aragorn, and Faramir all get married, and if you check the Appendixes Merry and Pippin do to). Boo Hoo.
But then again, I'm not great to trust on this. I've never even met a homosexual. I'm a small town girl (I didn't even meet a person of another race 'til I was ten, for heaven's sake!) so don't take my word for law on this, mmkay?
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