Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd played best friends in "The Lord of the Rings." Their easy rapport as hobbits Merry (Monaghan) and Pippin (Boyd) helped make the camaraderie of the film, a fantastical story grounded in friendship, real. We rooted for them, and continued to do so after the saga's end as Monaghan and Boyd continued to stay close.
Dragons, orcs and walking trees (to my great personal disappointment) aren't real. But maybe kindness is. And maybe it can last.
