• Allonzee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Boring movie series then.

    …and Gandalf the Grey spent 3 weeks drinking and smoking and setting off fireworks with the Hobbits, remembering his old friend Bilbo who died some years earlier after an average hobbit lifespan with his nephew Frodo…

    THE END

    • Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      remembering his old friend Bilbo who died some years earlier after an average hobbit lifespan horribly in a cave after being captured by goblins…

      • Allonzee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Would goblins/orcs still have endured without the lingering evil of Sauron?

        They weren’t naturally occurring (yes they bred but they were made to be a breeding army for evil and I’m pretty sure Tolkien alluded them to dying out quickly after the ring was destroyed) in Tolkien’s lore I’m pretty sure and were interchangable terms for the same species in his lore even though they’re different in others.

        • Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 months ago

          remembering his old friend Bilbo who died some years earlier after an average hobbit lifespan horribly after encountering giant spiders in mirkwood…

  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m sure that would have looked great to all the gathered men who were still alive.

    “oh yeah, the elves showed up and one of them went up to the crack of doom with Isildur after his father died, and the elf came back alone and wouldn’t tell us what happened inside. Something’s fucky. We better prepare for an attack from the elves.”

    Whether anyone actually threw hands immediately or not, men and elves would have a far shittier relationship after that.

    The question is, did more suffering occur because Elrond didnt do this? We can’t know.

    (but probably)