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Gollum's Fashion Sense
I was just reading the Gollum/Balin's Diary thread and it made me wonder.
Does Gollum wear clothes? I've never pictured him that way, but . . . well, wouldn't he die from exposure otherwise? On the other hand, where would he get them from? Aaah!!
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I think it says somewhere in the Lord of the Rings that he had tattered clothing, I'm not sure. He could have just kept his clothes from his early days when he was still recognizable as a Hobbit.
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he could take clothing from his prey. in th ehobbit it talks about how he catches stray goblins who come to the water. what if he took their goblin garb?
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I'd hate to see what state his 500-year-old clothes would be in! But I guess he could take Orc clothes. Was he wearing anything in the movie? I got the impression he wasn't, but then, he didn't have much screen time.
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well i don't think he did wear clothes, personally. in every illustration i've seen he's been naked as adam and eve and if memory serves, the same goes for the movie. if he could take the garb of orcs he would probably take their weapons too, and i don't think there are any mentions of gollum ever being armed. gollum most likely only took their flesh.
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I also vaguely remember reading somewhere that Gollum wore some tattered clothing. But do you think I could remember where I saw it?
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...all I can say is that if he's nekkid in the movie they better make up for it by leaving the nekkid Frodo tower scene in. J/K
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I think the elusive reference to clothes is at the end of the dead marshes chapter in TTT. They are looking down at the black gate and it describes him looking like an old thin hobbit in tawdry rags, or something like that. Aw, dang it, I guess I might as well find it:
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I think the "ragged garment" in the quote refers to Gollums flesh.
Gollum did put on the Orc mail shirt that Sam discarded in Mordor. Regarding other clothes, artists have mostly interprested his garments as nothing more than a loincloth. Although completely under the power of the ring, Smeagol/Gollum retained most of the basic Stoor behaviour, (e.g., "Riddles in the Dark") one of which would probably been the habit of wearing some sort of clothing. I'm sure, 500 years put a lot of holes in his lederhosen, but I'm sure he could have picked up some sort of rag from a misty mountain orc or other prey as luinilwen postulates. If not for modesty sake, at least for some creature comfort. |
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he deffinatlly carries around a pink umbrella, im shure!!!
and girls....... no!, we wont have a naked Frodo scene in the films!!! so stop getting all hot. btw truthfully im shure it mentions what gollum is/isn't wearing when Bilbo first meets him in the Hobbit |
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haha postulate sounds like a naughty word *childish grin*
![]() and as for gollum's clothes being mentioned in the hobbit, from memory i don't think it does, as poor bilbo can't see anything save gollum's eyes! methinks he's "nekkid" ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Ummm . . . why the picture of Galadriel, coolismo?
Ha ha, Gollum in a loincloth! I wonder if it's leopard spotted . . .
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"loincloth" sounds like a naughty word too... maybe it's goblin skin ... ewww!
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Originally posted by Luinilwen
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The Hildebrandts (my favourite Tolkien artists) never depict Gollum with clothes. Here's the two pics by them I can find with Gollum in it: Gollum and City of the Ringwraiths.
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![]() Well, in the beginning of the movie where Galadriel summerized the Hobbit, it seemed that Gollum didn't wear clothes, and in the book I had always pictured Gollum without clothes... erm... ew.
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well here's one of him completely nude and looking very evil (and hungry!) and here's one of him in a rag covering his personal parts.
another theory - he wouldn't wear clothes considering he has reverted to animalistic behaviour, such as eating raw prey. animals don't wear clothes, last time i checked. ![]() |
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*carp* stupid geocities! sorry guys you won't be able to view those pics...
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