How interesting! I've never seen the Rankin-Bass version of LOTR; thanks for sharing that! When I was writing this, I remembered (perhaps wrongly) a scene in the books that states that Sam would want to create a garden if he had the Ring, but perhaps it was actually something I'd heard about the RB version that my brain then misattributed to the books (entirely possible; I do have a knack for scrambling things). Regardless, I agree with you; it's fascinating to consider how the Ring could prey upon anyone's good intentions and twist them into something altogether negative.
Re: LOTR, Sam Gamgee
How interesting! I've never seen the Rankin-Bass version of LOTR; thanks for sharing that! When I was writing this, I remembered (perhaps wrongly) a scene in the books that states that Sam would want to create a garden if he had the Ring, but perhaps it was actually something I'd heard about the RB version that my brain then misattributed to the books (entirely possible; I do have a knack for scrambling things). Regardless, I agree with you; it's fascinating to consider how the Ring could prey upon anyone's good intentions and twist them into something altogether negative.