Sam

[sophinisba]

I'm concerned that Sam is being neglected in my hobbit fics and suspect it's because I don't know how to write him or am scared to write him, and I need practice. Please to be commenting with prompts involving Sam, which I may or may not answer in comments or in new posts or, um, something. Also please share any thoughts or helpful hints about how he can be written well.

Comments

Re: But then it gets away from me and turns into Frodo fic again! :( (Part 2)

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

I LOVE this! Frodo knowing at such a young age how to care for children because of his own young cousins, and his lovely empathetic nature. While Sam, not quite seeing the point, is willing to let Mr. Frodo lead the way.

Poor Sam - good thing he doesn't know how MUCH he'll need these skills in the future. (And now of course I get all soppy because Frodo will only be there to help with Elanor and not the other 12...)

[sophinisba]

Thank you very much! Frodo being kind to younger hobbits makes me all melty. I saw your comments last night and I ended up writing soppy fic about Sam and his kids in my notebook when I should have been sleeping! I have stuff to go with your other prompt as well. Need to sit down now and type some stuff up (after the excitement of seeing almostnever's latest!).

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, more from the prompts! Such a great idea of yours - brave too, since you've roped yourself into writing what you didn't feel easiest with.

And that was a good mashup (or whatever it's called); I like how she used Stokely there. You are inspiring fics now!

[sophinisba]

you've roped yourself into writing what you didn't feel easiest with.

Only not really, because I didn't promise I'd actually go through with thim:
"which I may or may not answer in comments or in new posts or, um, something." Some may stay in the notebook and some might not get written at all, but I do figure practice is probably the best thing I can do for myself here.