• Scratch
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    281 month ago

    Is it just me or is that line incredible writing?

    Like, can you think of a more Hobbit metaphor?

    (Not to say the rest of the writing is bad, this one just stuck with me as Tolkien really got into Bilbos head)

    • @Muun
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      131 month ago

      No, it’s amazing. It also works for describing the overall theme of decay for the third age.

      • @CitizenKong
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        1 month ago

        Also fits Galadriel and her decision to rather remain Galadriel and go into the west instead of become the “Dark Queen”. She’s literally the oldest living being besides Sauron itself residing on Middle Earth by that point.

        EDIT: ok, one of the. Still hella old.

        • @TheGrandNagus
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          101 month ago

          The Wizards (sort of), Tom Bombadil, Treebeard, and Círdan the Shipwright: am I a joke to you?

          • @njm1314
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            11 month ago

            Is Treebeard older? I would have thought the opposite.

            • @TheGrandNagus
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              11 month ago

              He’s the oldest thing that walks Middle Earth aside from Bombadil.

              The Wizards are older, though, if you consider their non-physical spirit form that’s been around pretty much since the beginning.