The Tender Men of Middle-earth

I rewatched Lord of the Rings the other day and you know what I really appreciate? The men are so tender. They cry, and kiss each other's foreheads, and hug, and call each other ‘my friend’ and ‘my dear’; they're respectful to women and faithful to their partners; they have banter without being creepy and sleazy, and literally none of that stops them from being considered “manly”. More Lord of the Rings men please.

The meme is a text-based social media post praising the men in The Lord of the Rings for being emotionally open, affectionate, respectful, loyal, and still clearly masculine. The joke is a humorous request for more fictional men written with this kind of tenderness and healthy masculinity.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 4100 2022-12-11