Tolkien=92s = Slashy Sub-Text

Tolkien=92s Slashy=20 Sub-Text

(Or Out-of-Context = Sentences from=20 LotR)

=93It beats me why any = Baggins of=20 Hobbiton should go looking for a wife away there in Buckland, where = folks are so=20 queer.=94 (A Long = Expected=20 Party)

=93You can say what you = like,=20 Gaffer, but Bag End=92s a queer place, and its folks are = queerer.=94 (A Long Expected Party)=20

=93If that=92s being = queer, the we could all do with a bit more queerness in = these=20 parts.=94 (Long Expected Party)

But Sam had more on his = mind than=20 gardening. (The Shadow of the Past) =20

=93Coming, sir!=94 came = the answer=20 from far within, followed soon by Sam himself, wiping his mouth. (Three = is=20 Company)

Frodo stripped the = blankets from=20 Pippin and rolled him over. = (Three=20 is Company)

The hobbits began to = feel very=20 hot. (The Old Forrest)

They could not catch the = words,=20 but evidently Merry was aroused. His legs began to kick. (The Old = Forrest)=20

He found himself = stiffening, as if=20 for a final spring; he no longer felt limp like helpless prey. (Fog on the Barrow Downs)

=93Run naked in the = grass, while Tom=20 goes a-hunting!=94 (Fog on the Barrow Downs)=20

He stroked it gently and = then he=20 blushed and turned hastily away. (Many = Meetings)

=93I know what you have = been doing,=20 Sam,'=94 said Frodo, taking his arm. (Many = Meetings)

=93Let's go off into a = corner and=20 polish it up!=94 (Many = Meetings)=20

He led Frodo back to his = own=20 little room. (Many = Meetings)=20

=93Lie flat and = still!=94 hissed=20 Aragorn, pulling Sam down into the shade of a holly bush. (The Ring Goes = South)

=93I don't like this at = all,=94 Sam=20 panted just behind. (The Ring Goes South)

=93The hobbit's bite is = deep!=94 (The Bridge of Khazad-Dum)=20

Frodo breathed heavily = and leaned=20 against Sam, who put his arms around him. (The Bridge of=20 Khazad-Dum)

Gently he stripped off = Frodo's old=20 jacket and worn tunic, and gave a gasp of wonder. (Lothlorien)

=93I have often wondered = what you=20 and Bilbo were doing, so close in his little room.=94 (=20 Lothlorien)

Sam was snoring at his = side long=20 before he himslef closed his eyes. =20 (Lothlorien)

=93If you want to know, = I felt as if=20 I hadn=92t got nothing on, and I didn=92t = like it.=94 (Mirror of=20 Galadriel)

Frodo was roused by = Sam. (The Great River)

He laid his hand on the = hobbit's=20 shoulder in a friendly fashion, but Frodo felt the hand trembling with=20 suppressed excitement. = (The=20 Breaking of the Fellowship)

=93There now, get hold = of the side,=20 and let me use the paddle!=94 = (The=20 Breaking of the Fellowship)

=93It is plain we were = meant to go=20 together.=94 (The Breaking of the Fellowship)

He began to paw them and = feel=20 them. (The Uruk-Hai)=20

The two hobbits, = unabashed, set to=20 a second time. (Flotsam and Jetsam)

Driven by some impulse = he did not=20 understand, Pippin walked softly to where Gandalf = lay. (The Palantir)=20

He lifted Pippin gently = and=20 carried him back to his bed. (The Palantir)

=93I don=92t want to = come down atop of=20 you and knock you off.=94 (The Taming of Smeagol) =

=93We=92ll be nice to = them, very nice,=20 if they=92ll be nice to us, won=92t we, yes, yess.=94 (The Taming of=20 Smeagol)

=93I=92m going to be at = your tail, and=20 I=92ve got the rope handy.=94 = (The=20 Taming of Smeagol)

=93I love him. He=92s like that, and = sometimes it=20 shines through, somehow. = But I love=20 him, whether or no.=94 = (Of Herbs and=20 Stewed Rabbits)

He was not going to = leave Frodo=20 alone asleep even for a few minutes. =20 (Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbits)

Frodo woke to find Faramir bending=20 over him. (The Forbidden Pool)

=93Go on,=94 he breathed = in Frodo's=20 ear. (The Forbidden Pool)

=93Lay your head in my = lap.=94 (The Stairs of Cirith=20 Ungol)

Frodo stirred and opened = his eyes=20 and smiled, seeing Sam's face bending over him. (The Stairs of Cirith = Ungol)=20

Sam left the tunnel-side = and=20 shrank towards Frodo, and their hands met and clasped, and so together = they went=20 on. (Shelob=92s = Lair)=20

Slowly his hand went to = his bosom.=20 (Shelob=92s Lair)

He knelt and held = Frodo=92s hand and=20 could not release it. (The Choices of Master = Samwise)

His love for Frodo rose = above all=20 other thoughts. (The = Tower of = Cirith = Ungol)

Hardening his will Sam = thrust=20 forward once again, and halted with a jerk. (The Tower of Cirith=20 Ungol)

=93It=92s Sam. I=92ve = come!=94 (The Tower of Cirith=20 Ungol)

He lay back in Sam's = gentle arms,=20 closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away = by some=20 loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless = happiness,=20 but it was not allowed. = (The=20 Tower = of=20 Cirith=20 Ungol)

They woke together, hand = in=20 hand. (The Land of = Shadow) =

=93I reckon it isn=92t = safe for us=20 both to sleep together...=94 = (The=20 Land = of=20 Shadow)=20

Sam woke up, grasped = quickly his=20 chance, and threw himself to the ground, dragging Frodo down with = him. (The Land of Shadow)

Sam went to him and = kissed his=20 hand. (Mount=20 Doom)

And lying down he tried = to comfort=20 Frodo with his arms and body. (Mount Doom)

Sam ran to Frodo and = picked him up=20 and carried him out the door. (Mount Doom)

They stood now; and Sam = still=20 holding his master=92s hand caressed it. =20 He sighed. (The = Field of=20 Cormallen)

He sat up and then he = saw that=20 Frodo was lying beside him. (The Field of = Cormallen)

=93So don=92t try = prodding me,=20 Nibs.=94 (The Scouring of = the=20 Shire)

=93And I hope my Sam's = behaved=20 hisself and given satisfaction?=94

=93Perfect satisfaction, Mr. = Gamgee.=94 (The Scouring of the=20 Shire)