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  • TotallyNotSpez
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    458 months ago

    Okay, but why didn’t they send Tom Bombadil dressed up as a UPS driver right into mount doom?

    ding dong

    “Express jewelry delivery for a Mister Sauron.”

    trips and drops parcel

    “Whoops, silly me.”

      • @[email protected]
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        248 months ago

        After reading the books I realised they did a lot of characters dirty.

        But I also realise a series of walks and nice suppers with various characters wouldn’t be as good of a film.

    • @[email protected]
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      88 months ago

      He ain’t leaving that forest he don’t give a fuuuck.

      But if memory serves, whatever magic shenanigans he has, only works within his forest.

    • @SquirtleHermit
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      8 months ago

      Elrond suggested it, but Gandalf vetoed it as Mr. Bombadil wouldn’t likely leave his forest, especially not to go to Mordor. And while he might hold onto the ring for safe keeping, Gandalf worried that he would not understand the need and would toss it aside somewhere and forget about it. Making him a unsuitable keeper of the Ring, despite it having no effect on him.

      • @jenny_ball
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        18 months ago

        lolll yes. i don’t know though it’s still a valid question. but i have to say, reading the novels, i didn’t really question it. however once i saw the films, i couldn’t help questioning it.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          I’ve always read that it was because the eagles were way too important to be a taxi service.

    • @[email protected]B
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      28 months ago

      Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

      Answer

      Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

      I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

    • @MegaUltraChicken
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      48 months ago

      I blame Elrond. He should’ve drop kicked Isildur’s ass right into the volcano.

    • rustydomino
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      48 months ago

      Because Aperture Labs didn’t open until the 1950s duh.