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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But then there are the Tooks and Brandybucks going out and stealing produce and foraging for mushrooms? Not exactly nobility activities.

Another way of looking at it is that they don't have to work and is using their past time doing crime just for kicks. That kind of dickishness sounds very much like that of the spawn of nobles.

[–] Ecen@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And to add to this, yea Sam is the only one in the Fellowship who isn't a Maia, heir to the king/steward, heir in a noble family or just rich enough not to have to work, and actually has a normal job.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

And he has to carry the guy who's supposedly doing all the work