#Sauron

A touch smarter observation would be to note that every use of a Palantir in the story is deceptive or manipulative, at least to one party.Aragorn deceives Sauron into believing
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did i just fucking learn that the name for morgoth/sauron is angbang i think i did bro............... i respect silmarillion shippers so much but that book has Zero fandom potential
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i decided to do a #SixFanarts just for the LOTR themed suggestions I got! i will try and get to the other ones tomorrow :) #elrond #yensid #sauron #aragorn #maedhros
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No, it wouldn't.Here is a helpful thread for people that didn't understand LOTR.The ring isn't just an Evil Macguffin. Its role in the story is as *the realization of the
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bitches wonna be the eye of sauron so bad just get the ring of power cut from ur finger by isildur then use ur evil energy to reform into a
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wHy DiDnT tHeY jUsT tAke ThE eAgLeS iNtO mOrDoR?A 1. Eagles aren't the chauffeurs of Middle Earth and generally don't intervene in the affairs of men. They're kind of
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NEW LOTR THREADVia poll you all requested a deep dive into the 5 wizards of Middle Earth (the Istari). Let’s get into it. For this thread I will be going
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It’s time for another #TalkingTolkien.I love me some tragedy in my epic tales. That sense that but for the alignment of fate and personality, things could have been – if
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120. The Gates of Broad MordorLegend has it that Nottingham can only be freed from the curse of Sauron once a stout-hearted hobbit returns a dilapidated trainer and throws it
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Tolkien's orcs had racist elements built in-he compares them to an actual real world group of people. That said, Tolkien's racism is largely a "I'm trying to be open minded,
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On the rejection of Freud, love of Marx in young people interested in Critical Theory: (@anniemcclanahan actually had a real analysis, mine is pure fantasy fiction) -- Psychoanalysis is like
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People being like “Frodo isn’t the real hero cause without the fellowship/Sam/Gollum he never would have accomplished it”.Here are some reasons that’s a silly thing to say:1. A hero who
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every western fantasy book has like 5000 pages of lore about the kingdoms of ingland and the empire of jermany but then says shit like "and far to the east
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what dating lotr / the hobbit characters would be like: a thread Boromir Thorin Kili Fili Saruman Gollum Haldir Theoden Sauron Master of lake town
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Dear Colin,Consider that where there's a fire hose splashing water, there might actually be a fire.Sincerely,Woke Sauronhttps://twitter.com/LennartTheLad/status/1247406949400002560 I mean, it's a great piece of PR, this thread. So far, Colin&
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NEW LOTR THREAD As per request via poll; here is my take on Tom Bombadil. Bear in mind I have taken an official position on this character and not
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