DID FRODO DIE AFTER THE LORD OF THE RINGS? #lotr #tolkien #lordoftherings

[AbexBroadcastingChannels]

Honestly, this is one of those hard to hear facts. Sad that the fellowship never reunited…

[chillibean]

Remember, the gift given to man was the gift of mortality and the promise of life after death. That was Tolkiens' message.

[fabio]

When i think about that, really the best ending Tolkien could have ever written. It's so exceptional yet makes so much sense after everything Frodo, Sam and Bilbo did. And for Gimli, the fact a dwarf as such an honor, thanks to the permit of Galadriel herself, as well as his friendship with legolas, is one of the biggest messages of hope, unity and friendship Tolkien ever gave us

[kyleharrell]

The undying lands was really the North pole Gandalf became Santa Claus and the hobbits are the reason we think elfs are short.

[choughed]

Mortals granted permission to travel to the undying lands did indeed eventually pass away but being in the undying lands meant that their physical and mental scars were finally healed and they would have lived their remaining days in absolute peace.

[FalconFastest]

Mortality is a gift, as those who truly understand Tolkein's works know.

[prettybabey]

i loved legolas’ and gimli’s friendship!!

[Rich]

Often when people go to war, they never really come back. I'm sure Tolkien saw this happen to many he once knew.

[garmisra]

Wise among the elves looked at the mortal humans and hobbits with a keen sense of loss and wonder at the mystery of their passing. Elves will live as long as Arda does, so I'm sure they wonder at, and perhaps sometimes envy, the Gift of Men.

[billparrish]

The one silver lining of Frodo and Legolas never reuniting is that awkward, "I can't remember your name, " thing never had to happen....

[IamBatmanOg]

This just makes me sad. As a kid, we watch movies and we fall in love with the character and we imagine how they lived happily ever after. As a grown up, we watch the movies and we understand the pain and suffering, the struggles the characters go through and we’re happy they get a happy ending. But then we realise that these characters would eventually grow old and die. Sometimes I wish our lives were just a fairy tale with no pain, no sufferings and no ultimate end where everything we’ve gone through just ends with us and gets lost forever.

[Theaternerd]

Okay but imagine Bilbo reuniting with Thorin, Kili, Fili, Balin, and all his other friends who had passed.

[lorgius]

With exception that Frodo, Bilbo and Sam were bearers of the One Ring which stretch their life and perhaps make them almost immortal or something alike. This specify why Sam made the journey after his beloved died of old age. So it was very possible that Gimili and Legolas meet all three of them.

[edennis]

Frodo left middle earth because of the pain from his wound. The elves had the power to ease his pain, and I always thought that just being in the undying lands would make his pain cease, as well. Either way, being with the elves in the undying lands meant a pain-free life, as long as that life might be.

[alondite]

The Undying Lands don't grant immortality, but even being in proximity can dramatically lengthen your life. Case in point: Numenorians. They only gained their various gifts (long life, size and strength, etc.) once they settled in Numenor, and began to wane once they returned to Middle Earth.

[PaulojnPereira]

We often attribute Lord of the Rings to Tolkien, but Tolkien was only the surviving part of this legacy produced by himself, Geoffrey B. Smith, Christopher Wiseman and Rob Gilson, before they all died in the first world war, leaving Tolkien with this "bundle of notes", that he later compiled into several books. The way Bilbo leaves his book to Frodo and they both go to the undying lands in the end, reminds me about the way Tolkien's friends departed from this life and how he later joined them. The story fells real because all the feelings involving Tolkien's life and true friendship were so strong.

[Dunybrook]

The books are full of magic and miracles. Believe what you want.

[justinblachek]

That's not necessarily true dwarves go to the hallowed Halls when they die which means that they will come back at the end of the world according to Tolkien so Gimli will reunite with Legolas when the world ends

[retsaMinnavoiG]

I like to think the undying lands would significantly extend the life of a mortal (not in an unnatural way) because it's uncorrupted and inhabited by gods/immortals but I've heard that it actually shortened their lifespan because it was never meant for mortals thus wearing them out.

Still my head canon is that it naturally and healthily extends life.

[PabloEmanuel]

I legit thought that it was like heaven and would make them live forever
But I have just started reading the books so I eas basing it on the movies