Hmmm. Denethor had good sons (yes, I'm going to be nice to Boromir - he tried, after all) but you couldn't exactly call him supportive. The Gaffer obviously loved Sam but you get the feeling that he'd also "lost control" of him extremely early - Sam had all these crazy ideas and the Gaffer ended up basically throwing his hands in the air and letting Sam do whatever he wanted. Honestly, I'd really like to say Bilbo (he did legally adopt Frodo, so he'd be an adoptive father, wouldn't he?) He was very generous, obviously, spent a lot of time with Frodo and the other young people, taught them everything he knew, listened to them, and threw great birthday parties [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] . What more could you ask?
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Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet
Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.
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