Sam the Ghastly Arriviste

[Nimrodel_9]

I did prefer the earlier, Gil-Galad singing Sam. Sam has a strange aura of being morally lessened, not developed like the others, by the journey, for all the Mallornery. He ends up with power and with bliss-earthly and heavenly. It seems rather unfair.

How is that unfair? Sam went through everything Frodo went through. Sure he didn't have the constant temptation of the Ring dragging at him, but he had to see his best-friend suffer through it. I don't know about you, but when I see a best-friend suffering, I feel the same way they do.
Another point: maybe Samwise was tempted. He was always around the Ring. Sure he's loyal, but I'll bet that he had thoughts of taking it every once in a while, same as anyone else. I know how that is. Not wanting to do something bad, but we're human and it is impossible to control all thoughts.
As for his free ticket to Valinor, it is not really known if that is where he went. It's just something people liked to believe after his disappearance. It is something I would like to believe. Why shouldn't he get to go to Valinor? He did a great service to Middle-earth by helping Frodo. Bilbo didn't do anything as spectacular as Sam, so perhaps Bilbo is the one we should be complaining about. Either way, it was approved by Gandalf and the elves, so why not?
You make him sound like an arrogant snob. I guess that's your own oppinion, but even if it was fact, everyone has flaws, right?

Nimmy
(By the way, does anyone know where this silly, blinking smiley came from? ) LOL