Second-guessing and Misunderstanding Tolkien

[Radaghast]

What do you think would happen if Galadriel were to fight Tom Bombadil? (Winner takes on Eru for the championship: p) now seriously, im really curious on what everyone thinks about this possible clash of titans of magical power

 

[Elthir]

Even Galadriel versus two Bombadils -- Galadriel wins easily!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Then stops for snacks.

 

[Radaghast]

When Tolkien wrote, in LOTR, about Shelob's venom paralyzing Frodo rather than killing him, did he know that moles and shrews do the same with their venom?

WTH? 😐🙄

Tolkien would not need to know this, especially when it's not precisely true.

Venom Use in Mammals: Evolutionary Aspects​

 

[Deimos]

When Tolkien wrote, in LOTR, about Shelob's venom paralyzing Frodo rather than killing him, did he know that moles and shrews do the same with their venom?

 

[Elthir]

". . . did he know that moles and shrews do the same with their venom?"

Just assume Tolkien knows everything 🐾

 

[Deimos]

". . . did he know that moles and shrews do the same with their venom?"

Just assume Tolkien knows everything 🐾

And if he doesn't know it, it's probably not worth knowing.😄😉

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

One thing he knows;

 

[Radaghast]

One book to bind them all.

 

[Eljorahir]

One book to bind them all.

They are Six books.
They are Three books.
It is One book.
All at the same time!

It's like magic.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

And if he doesn't know it, it's probably not worth knowing.😄😉

I'm reminded of the "Balliol Rhryme", part of a satirical poem done by undergraduates at Oxford in 1880, targeting various dons. I was sure I read somewhere of a connection with Tolkien -- perhaps there was a later performance he attended? In any event, the first stanza featured Benjamin Jowett:

"First come I, my name is Jowett;
There is no knowledge but I know it;
I am the Master of this College;
What I don't know, isn't knowledge."

 

[Deimos]

That is vaguely familiar.... I like it. 🙂

 

[Radaghast]

Lotr Mordor map fit nearly perfect on Türkiye's map? Is it only a coincidence?

No, it's an acute need for new prescription eyeglasses.

Do dwarves in Tolkienverse accept that they are shawties or do they see the world inverted where tall people are the short ones?

Are hobbits a combination of elves and dwarves?

Are you a combination of Dumb and Dumber?

Why did Gandalf insist on sending Frodo to Mordor with The Ring instead of taking over as leader when Boromir suggested it, even though he knew Frodo couldn't bear the burden?

Dang it. I belatedly wondered if that was an AI question. I just checked and, sure enough, it is 😤

Why do the Ents end up becoming extinct in the fourth age and are not replaced by the Ucorns?

 

[Deimos]

Why do the Ents end up becoming extinct in the fourth age and are not replaced by the Ucorns?

Ucorns? Ucorns???!!
Why not Tcorns or maybe Vcorns, or even W-, X-, Y-, Zcorns?

 

[Elthir]

Maybe Acorns was meant!

at least for some ents anyway, if so

 

[Deimos]

Maybe Acorns was meant!

at least for some ents anyway, if so

Very possibly true.
At first I thought the person meant UConns (as in the University of Connecticut and its teams, the Huskies,)

 

[Radaghast]

How was Éowyn able to kill the Witch-king when no one else could?

This deserves one of these:

 

[Radaghast]

If the Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR) ended up fighting each other in a Hunger Games style tournament, who would be the last one standing (minus Gandalf)?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Bill the Pony -- who'd then get his own book.

 

[Radaghast]

That would actually make a good children's book.