bookhobbit:

I still maintain that anyone who argues whether Frodo or Sam was the “true hero” of the story is entirely missing the point of the whole book

like honestly LOTR is about teamwork and the idea that no one is an island 

No part of the quest would have worked without everyone doing their part. that’s a major point about Gollum. Gandalf says, “My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many – yours not least.” 

and this quote from Sauron Defeated, which if you’re not familiar is from the Histories (in this case essentially a draft):

“There’s never only one hero in any true tale, Sam, and all the good folk are in others’ debt. But if one had to choose one and only, I’d choose Samwise.”
“Then you’d be wrong, Mr. Frodo,” said Sam. “For without you I’m nothing. But you and me together, Mr. Frodo: well, that’s more than either alone.”

that didn’t make it into the final draft, but that’s still it. “And Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam, would he, dad?” No he wouldn’t have, and without Frodo there’d have been nobody to carry the Ring, and without the rest of the Company Frodo couldn’t have got as far as he did nor could Sam have, and without Elrond…well, you get the picture. Everything that happens in the Lord of the Rings is a team effort. 

There isn’t one single hero because you don’t save the world by yourself, as a Hero, you do it with other people because nobody can do that by themselves. There’s too much. We need each other, and that’s important.