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Originally Posted by The Elf-warrior

Q: Why was Lobelia so nasty?

The Professor was, as we all know, a master of words and meanings and he played a very clever trick on us. As we know, lob is an old word for spider (or something like that) and Lob-elia was female.... a she... SHELOB!!!!

Indeed, when Shelob (aka Lobelia) attacked Frodo and Sam in Cirith Ungol, it was just the latest episode of a long-lasting hatred between the family.

Now, wouldn't you be nasty if you were a huge spider in a hobbit town?

Q: Why did Frodo hang out a lot with Merry and Pippin who were several years younger than him?