Funny enough I totally agree with you about the OTP's - and while ignoring them with a weak disgust, I probably created my own, and no, I won't write an essay about it. Promised. *grins* And yes, I do think that you have some very good points here, concerning the relationship between the two cousins - Merry loves Frodo deeply, and one of my favorite lines Tolkien wrote for him is this one:
You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin - to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours - closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alonem and go off without a word.
He seems very mature and in a way wise to me; I know how much I learned to love Merry when I came up with Breath of Winter (which is written from his POV and was my first attempt to write Merry in earnest after Winter Fire). IMHO the're is no "pairing" though (but I guess you knew from the beginning that I would say that) but deep love, grown throughout the years and manifested during the quest...
I came by my love for Frodo/Merry because, as most of you probably came by your love for your own chosen pairings, there was something within that relationship that ‘spoke’ to me, something about it I understood and recognised.
And this is something I really understand and appreciate... plus the refreshing fact that you don't wave a banner for the OTP you've just discovered. I was slightly afraid to see something like this here when I followed the link in elanorgardner's glowing rec, but I should know you good enough by now to know better. *smiles*
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Date: 2006-05-18 10:56 pm (UTC)You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin - to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours - closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alonem and go off without a word.
He seems very mature and in a way wise to me; I know how much I learned to love Merry when I came up with Breath of Winter (which is written from his POV and was my first attempt to write Merry in earnest after Winter Fire). IMHO the're is no "pairing" though (but I guess you knew from the beginning that I would say that) but deep love, grown throughout the years and manifested during the quest...
I came by my love for Frodo/Merry because, as most of you probably came by your love for your own chosen pairings, there was something within that relationship that ‘spoke’ to me, something about it I understood and recognised.
And this is something I really understand and appreciate... plus the refreshing fact that you don't wave a banner for the OTP you've just discovered. I was slightly afraid to see something like this here when I followed the link in