I quite agree with your analysis of Frodo, Lyta! Very well written!
I've read this whole thread (why haven't I come across it last summer??) and enjoyed especially the contributions of Child of the 7th age. (Reminds me of the great old thread in books: "Frodo's sacrifice")
Anyhow, Frodo could never have found a soul-mate in the Shire. Even before the quest he said to Gandalf:
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... there have been times when I thought the inhabitants (of the Shire) too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.
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and after the quest he was too rarified and ennobled to go on living there, with noone really understanding him. Not even his faithful and adoring Sam understood him fully, they just weren't on the same level. (But I did feel sorry that Frodo kept all his pain and selfreproaches to himself. I guess he didn't want to burden Sam with it, but it might have done him good to be able to pour his heart out and "lay back in the arms of someone he loved"!)
Like many of you, I also was very disappointed, that the Entwives didn't turn up again. (I had rather been sure some would be found in or near the Shire..
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And I was sooo glad Eowyn found Faramir. She was really lucky to get him! (I have almost a crush on him myself... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (I mean the real, the book-Faramir, of course, and not that impostor in the movie)
Aragorn becomes towards the end more and more a superhuman, mythical hero, far above Eowyn. She had more a kind of hero-worship for him, I think.
About Legolas: he's really mysterious, isn't he. We know nothing about his past, about his thoughts and feelings. Which leaves of course ample space for wild speculations and fanfics... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] But I personally can't see him falling in love.
Are there any "love-stories" between Elves in the books at all?? Somehow I only remember Elf-maidens falling in love with Men! (Luthien, Arwen, Idril, Finduilas and Nellas)
About Maedhros and Maglor: I felt very sorry for them too, but I think they were too preoccupied with their diastrous oath and making war, to have any thoughts for love.
Even Finrod had preferred leaving for Beleriand to staying with his love in Aman... At least I hope (as others have written) that he would find his Amarië waiting for him whe he returned from the halls of Mandos! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Who was Curufin's wife,(Celebrimbor's mother)? Is she even mentioned anywhere??