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Orual · 12-14-2002, 09:07 PM

Another girl here...

I always cry when I finish Return of the King. It's like losing a good--a best friend. Or several dozen of them. When it comes to the VERY end, the part with Frodo telling Merry, Pippin, and Sam his final good-byes, I just fall apart. I have a hard time finishing it because my tears are blurring the words. My mother has always tried to convince me that it's really a happy ending, that everybody's happy with their lot in life at the end, and Sam even gets reunited with Frodo after all, but I just can't deal with it anyway. Like Sam, I thought that Frodo would be able to stay and enjoy the Shire. /sigh/ I guess it's that "realism" thing again. I guess it was all for the best. But I know that I always cry when I read the end, and I'm bringing several boxes of tissue to the Return of the King when it comes out next December.

~*~Orual~*~
PS: Four days!!!!!!

12-14-2002, 09:07 PM	#17
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	Another girl here... I always cry when I finish Return of the King. It's like losing a good--a best friend. Or several dozen of them. When it comes to the VERY end, the part with Frodo telling Merry, Pippin, and Sam his final good-byes, I just fall apart. I have a hard time finishing it because my tears are blurring the words. My mother has always tried to convince me that it's really a happy ending, that everybody's happy with their lot in life at the end, and Sam even gets reunited with Frodo after all, but I just can't deal with it anyway. Like Sam, I thought that Frodo would be able to stay and enjoy the Shire. /sigh/ I guess it's that "realism" thing again. I guess it was all for the best. But I know that I always cry when I read the end, and I'm bringing several boxes of tissue to the Return of the King when it comes out next December. ~~Orual~~ PS: Four days!!!!!! __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"