Frodo is Tolkien's masterpiece and one of the greatest fictional characters ever written!

I see severe lack of positive content on Frodo all over the internet, and the little there is, it gets overshadowed by "But Sam.." comments. So, for once, I wanted to talk about how wonderful of a character he is.

While Frodo is my #1 favourite character, I have always admired Aragorn, Gandalf, and Faramir. Ëarendil in The Silmarillion is also one of my favorites.

But Frodo is something else.

He exists on a liminal plane and continues to be and not to be at the same time — a perfect blend of everything there is and there isn't. He is a walking paradox.

He is human in nature but the Elvish-ness in him isn't lost on anyone, and he earns the title of an elf friend. He is the purest soul there can be, but he also carries the greatest evil in existence. He is fragile like a piece of glass, but he is also the strongest among everyone.

He lives in the mortal and the world of the dead at the same time. He alone can feel the things no one is privy to, other than Gandalf and Galadriel or elves.

When he heads closer to Orodruin, his soul darkens with the impact of the Ring. Yet he's visible as a figure robed in white, which is the complete opposite of corruption.

Tolkien clearly wrote him with so much care and love, and then embellished him with the aspects that make him so rare. It's not possible to imitate him.