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minus-squareScratch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·13 days agoIs 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)
minus-squareMuun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·13 days agoNo, it’s amazing. It also works for describing the overall theme of decay for the third age.
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-212 days agoAlso 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.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·13 days agoThe Wizards (sort of), Tom Bombadil, Treebeard, and Círdan the Shipwright: am I a joke to you?
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoIs Treebeard older? I would have thought the opposite.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoHe’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.
minus-squareGaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days ago oldest living being besides Sauron confused Olórin noises
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)
No, it’s amazing. It also works for describing the overall theme of decay for the third age.
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.
The Wizards (sort of), Tom Bombadil, Treebeard, and Círdan the Shipwright: am I a joke to you?
Is Treebeard older? I would have thought the opposite.
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.
confused Olórin noises