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22I would be interested in seeing what about them makes you think they are self-inserts.– ibidCommented Aug 6, 2023 at 20:22
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@ibid - I was an observer mostly, didn't have a strong opinion. I'm almost certain Sam isn't a self insert, being a batman and not an officer like Tolkien (and IIRC he was actually said to have had a real prototype)– DVK-on-Ahch-ToCommented Aug 7, 2023 at 2:55
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3The theory I heard at one point was that Tom Bombadil, an apparently untouchable non-participant, had that role. May be I'm confusing that with some other related mystery :-)– Jyrki LahtonenCommented Aug 7, 2023 at 6:41
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5@JyrkiLahtonen I suspect not, for Tom. He represented, pre-LotR, “the spirit of the (vanishing) Oxford and Berkshire countryside", and was left in LotR as an intentional "enigma" and to represent "a delight in things for themselves without reference to yourself," (Letter 144)– David RobertsCommented Aug 8, 2023 at 6:57
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I always thought Gandalf was the self insert– AndreyCommented Mar 19 at 16:26
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