bluestaratsunrise:

elf-in-a-mask:

So I find it interesting that Tolkien has a lot of master/servant dynamic with his characters. In fact, I like to think that that is one of the things that both Frodo and Sauron share. In the books, you have Sam calling Frodo “Master Frodo”. When reading LOTR, that always stood out to me. Sam was also described a “servant” of Frodo, if my memory is correct. He follows Frodo until the very end. And, like Sauron does, has to part ways with his master.

That is how I also like to look at the relationship between Melkor and Sauron. Sauron, loyal until the very end, having to part with Melkor when he is thrown into the Void. However, unlike Frodo and Sam, we know that Sauron will eventually join Melkor in the darkness.

Just some ideas. Any thoughts? I don’t know, maybe I’m crazy for seeing the comparison.

No I see it too. When I first read Silm I kind of saw them as the more evil version of Frodo and Sam

I think it makes sense because Tolkien is writing from the perspective of the world he grew up in, which had pronounced class differences.