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Treebeard is probably my favorite lotr character Bombadil is close to my least favorite
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cheetah7071 posted:Treebeard is probably my favorite lotr character Old Tom's a hardy man, not one for minding Words of scorn from filthy goons, living in their mother's basement.
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Oct 25, 2018 01:58
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I've skipped In The House of Tom Bombadil in probably 75% of my re-reads, fite me
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Oct 25, 2018 03:34
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Tom Bombadil > Book Treebeard > Film Treebeard Fight me.
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Oct 25, 2018 03:39
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cheetah7071 posted:Treebeard is probably my favorite lotr character Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! Go gently caress yourself.
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Oct 25, 2018 04:19
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Octy posted:Tom Bombadil > Book Treebeard > Film Treebeard either Treebeard > Fatty > Beorn > any member of the Fellowship > Bill the Pony > Grishnakh > Denethor > Hama > Elladan and Elrohir > Celeborn > book Arwen > Gothmog > Bard > Nob > the Sackville-Bagginses > Deagol > the Uruk who says "Meat's back on the menu, boys" in the Two Towers movie (Ugluk I think?) > The Watchers of Cirith Ungol > Bill Ferny > movie Arwen > Cockney trolls > Any character as depicted in the Hobbit movies > the hobbit that says "Proudfeet!" at Bilbo's party > Tom Bombadil
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Oct 25, 2018 04:33
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Why is the Hobbit who says Proudfeet not at the top of this list?
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Oct 25, 2018 07:36
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Petition to rename Gothmog to "spongy orc" (and seconding the decision to move Proudfeet Hobbit to the top of the list.)
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Oct 25, 2018 07:58
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I like the idea that Tom is Eru, even if Tolkien himself didn't think so.
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Oct 25, 2018 12:44
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He’s the witch king of Angmar tho
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Oct 25, 2018 13:24
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Question for the thread: is Caradhras an rear end in a top hat because he’s had a balrog living in his guts for six thousand years, or did the balrog choose to hide there because the mountain was already an rear end in a top hat?
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Oct 25, 2018 13:29
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DontMockMySmock posted:any member of the Fellowship > Bill the Pony Are you loving implying that Bill is not a member of the Fellowship? And he's at least top 5 ffs. Tauriel is also way, way better than movie Arwen.
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Oct 25, 2018 13:33
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He was mad because the balrog had the audacity to show up with wings.
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Oct 25, 2018 13:37
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BigglesSWE posted:He was mad because the balrog had the audacity to show up with wings. The mountain probably said something like, "Those shadows don't really count as wings," and then it was on.
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Oct 25, 2018 13:56
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Caradhras was probably irritable because Dwarves and Orcs kept tunnelling around in its guts Imagine the worst case of intestinal parasites *ever*
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Oct 25, 2018 14:14
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Ynglaur posted:The mountain probably said something like, "Those shadows don't really count as wings," and then it was on. they look cool as poo poo though
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Oct 25, 2018 15:10
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It's interesting that nobody ever brings in the Catholicism to interpret Balrog wings The obvious answer is that Balrogs, as Maiar, could form their fanar into wings, but being fallen and evil, those wings were nonfunctional and incapable of flight; see, e.g.,  edit: in FotR we see Durin's Bane actively forming its fanar into such non-functional wings, perhaps for a bit of a boost jumping over the chasm Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 15:30
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:It's interesting that nobody ever brings in the Catholicism to interpret Balrog wings This is a good take, especially since I've always imagined them with wings, but never thought of them as flying.
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Oct 25, 2018 15:35
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They don’t have wings. Stop.
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Oct 25, 2018 15:48
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So they bought the pony from Bill Ferny, why then name it Bill and remind yourself of that rear end in a top hat all the time? Sam is so goddamn stupid.
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Oct 25, 2018 16:23
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Myron Baloney posted:So they bought the pony from Bill Ferny, why then name it Bill and remind yourself of that rear end in a top hat all the time? Sam is so goddamn stupid. You're right why didn't he call it something like uhhh Fatty Lumpkin. Tom Bombabombabombadillo could have come up with a better name for Sam
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Oct 25, 2018 16:27
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Tom didn't come up with those names, those were the ponies' own names that they told Tom
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Oct 25, 2018 16:28
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I think fatty lunpkin was what the pony or donkey called itself.
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Oct 25, 2018 16:28
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Serious self-esteem issues.
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Oct 25, 2018 16:59
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It’s actually a translation of the Westron for “Biggie Smalls”
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Oct 25, 2018 17:12
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Actually Tom Bombadil just hated ponies and named him Fatty Lumpkin out of spite.
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Oct 25, 2018 20:16
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"Hey ding merry dol" is pretty bad, but "we are fond of parties" is easily the cringiest line in a Bombadil song. I really like the idea of Bombadil, and his (lack of) reaction to putting on the Ring is such a cool moment. I just wish his dialogue didn't make me wince so much.
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Oct 26, 2018 02:31
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Hey dol! Merry dol! Tom Bombadillo! Ancient is his way of song; go gently caress a body pillow
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Oct 26, 2018 03:35
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tom bombadildo
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Oct 26, 2018 03:39
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I like when Frodo nearly has a panic attack because he forgot to say goodbye to Goldberry.
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Oct 26, 2018 03:59
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Ginette Reno posted:I like when Frodo nearly has a panic attack because he forgot to say goodbye to Goldberry. Powerful magics at work in that fell forest. One day it shall consume the Shire and all who dwell there.
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Oct 26, 2018 19:49
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Tom is awesome I’m sorry you don’t like Tolkien.
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Oct 26, 2018 23:27
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These books are extremely serious, and if only Tolkien had followed through with his original intent and named the elven butler “Bong” everyone would see that
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Oct 26, 2018 23:30
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euphronius posted:Tom is awesome I’m sorry you don’t like Tolkien. Unrelated observation, only the hobbits ever get naked in LotR, when the barrow-wight has taken their clothes (and Tom tells them to run naked on the grass) and when Frodo is a naked whipped prisoner in Cirith Ungol. The non-hobbit characters occasionally eat and sleep (when they eat or camp with the hobbits) but seem not to have much connection to bodily functions in general.
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Oct 27, 2018 01:19
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Myron Baloney posted:Unrelated observation, only the hobbits ever get naked in LotR, when the barrow-wight has taken their clothes (and Tom tells them to run naked on the grass) and when Frodo is a naked whipped prisoner in Cirith Ungol. The non-hobbit characters occasionally eat and sleep (when they eat or camp with the hobbits) but seem not to have much connection to bodily functions in general. None of the characters even take a poo poo, how unrealistic 0/10 would not read again 
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Oct 27, 2018 01:43
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Myron Baloney posted:I seriously used to earnestpost in defense of Bombadil and the other "pure faerie" stuff and now I've come out the other side. I still think the hobbits-only parts are the best parts. They are also naked when they bathe in buckland
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Oct 27, 2018 01:51
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Myron Baloney posted:I seriously used to earnestpost in defense of Bombadil and the other "pure faerie" stuff and now I've come out the other side. I still think the hobbits-only parts are the best parts. The Hobbits also bathe after fleeing the Black Riders.
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Oct 27, 2018 01:51
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Gandalf also gets naked on Caradhras
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Oct 27, 2018 01:59
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skasion posted:Gandalf also gets naked on Caradhras Different kind of naked. He is stripped of his physical form.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Different kind of naked. He is stripped of his physical form. But also literally naked.
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