I believe that there is plenty of "love" apparent in Tolkien's works, it just doesn't fit into the modern definition of "love." You can't deny that Pippin loved Merry, or Sam loved Frodo. We know they loved each other. Why does loving someone instantl mean that you are sexually attracted to them? Why can't two people love each other? The relationship between Sam and Frodo was so pure, heartfelt, and true that it had me in tears throughout the book, and throughout the movie. The books aren't to fault, for seemingly being devoid of love or relationships. It is society's fault, that it has to brand and define every form of love and relationship, and make them fit a certain category.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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