Second-guessing and Misunderstanding Tolkien

[Radaghast]

What do you think about the theory that Middle-Earth is a mistake of translation, and the right name for the Lord of The Rings world would be Meadow-Earth referring to the last cities and people who live in medieval style?https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-t...e-last-cities-and-people-who-live-in-medieval

 

[Radaghast]

Where were the blue wizards during Lord of the Rings? Couldn't they have come and helped Gandalf? Even if they didn't know who he was, couldn't they have sensed what was going on?https://www.quora.com/Where-were-th...as-couldnt-they-have-sensed-what-was-going-on

https://www.quora.com/Where-were-th...as-couldnt-they-have-sensed-what-was-going-on
To my answer that the Blue Wizards weren't needed in the West the person commented:

If one tiny thing went wrong, the entire fellowship and their quest would’ve completely fallen apart. Things were pretty urgent.

 

[Radaghast]

Could Aragorn have saved Boromir if he continued taking the arrows out?https://allthingslordoftheringsjrrt...Boromir-if-he-continued-taking-the-arrows-out

"Continued"? 🤔

 

[Elthir]

"Continued"? 🤔

Maybe the meaning is: if Viggogorn pulled the arrows out of Beanomir, put them back in,
then pulled them out again. . . wash, rinse, repeat, continue.

Or not!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Vorondil]

To remove those arrows, you would either have to cut them out, or push them through the other side, neither of which would have saved Boromir.

 

[Elthir]

Couldn't you use a nearby stray arrow to dig the others out?

I saw it in a film once -- although with knives, so that might have
been. . . easier.

Ricky did survive his leg injury, by the way

 

[Vorondil]

Couldn't you use a nearby stray arrow to dig the others out?

I just looked at the kind of arrow heads the Uruk-Hai were using (in the film), and you could probably just pull them out (if they had used broad-heads you would have to cut or push it out), but I doubt if Boromir would have survived the wounds. Although, much more grievous wounds have been survived by lesser men, so maybe he could have survived.

 

[Elthir]

Also, one could be fatal while the others are just annoying!

 

[Radaghast]

I just looked at the kind of arrow heads the Uruk-Hai were using (in the film), and you could probably just pull them out (if they had used broad-heads you would have to cut or push it out), but I doubt if Boromir would have survived the wounds. Although, much more grievous wounds have been survived by lesser men, so maybe he could have survived.

There wasn't enough time in any case. He died within minutes of Aragorn finding him.

 

[Amaya]

Found this brilliant and intellectual question on Quora:

Is Morgoth called Morgoth because he is 'more goth' than any of the other characters in Tolkien's legendarium?

 

[Deimos]

🤔Could Aragorn have saved Boromir if he continued taking the arrows out?https://allthingslordoftheringsjrrt...Boromir-if-he-continued-taking-the-arrows-out

No. Actually Aragorn realized very quickly that Boromir was going to die anyway,
He stopped pulling the arrows out out because... well, honestly, and not to be icky about it, that would leave Bo's body with a lot of holes in it.
When they put him in the funeral boat all those holes would allow water into his body and that would sink the boat very quickly, before it reached Rauros.
And then the boat would just sit at the bottom of Nen Hithoel instead of going over the Falls, and Faramir would never see it.

Oh, wait,... the water would enter his body AFTER he went over the Falls.
But it would still sink to the bottom of Anduin at the base of the Falls.

Either way it would really mess up the story, which is why Tolkien had Aragorn leave the arrows in Bo's body .

 

[Deimos]

Found this brilliant and intellectual question on Quora: Is Morgoth called Morgoth because he is 'more goth' than any of the other characters in Tolkien's legendarium?

You obviously don't fully understand English Grammar.... "more" is a comparative adjective which can only be used when two people (or things) are being compared.
When 3 or more people are being compared (and there were many Valar, not just two) "most" (the superlative form ) would be used.
JRRT, being a philologist, would know this so he would have re-named Melkor to Mostgoth.... you moron.

 

[Olorgando]

Oh, wait,... the water would enter his body AFTER he went over the Falls.
But it would still sink to the bottom of Anduin at the base of the Falls.
Either way it would really mess up the story, which is why Tolkien had Aragorn leave the arrows in Bo's body .

Erm ...
a) it's an Elven boat that survived the plunge over Rauros ... the odd pint, quart, or gallon of additional water would have been negligible ...
b) Faramir at Henneth Annûn does not describe Boromir (in that Elven boat) to Frodo and Sam as looking like a pincushion ...

 

[Aldarion]

Actually, "Why did the Valar {not do}" a lot of things after having taken Melkor prisoner at the awakening of the Elves are legitimate questions.
And no, none of JRRT's lame excuses convinces me in the least.

Valar originate from Montenegro.

"Job won't run away. It is not a rabbit.".

There. Problem solved.

 

[Olorgando]

Valar originate from Montenegro.
"Job won't run away. It is not a rabbit.".
There. Problem solved.

Well, Croatia is tied for first in its group at the European Handball Championship being currently held in Germany, while Montenegro is last in their group, so no repercussions to be feared there ...

 

[Radaghast]

How would Tolkien have written Tauriel, her story, and her fate, if she had been a true Tolkien creation?

 

[Deimos]

How would Tolkien have written Tauriel, her story, and her fate, if she had been a true Tolkien creation?​

He would have treated her as if she were "the first waffle".***

*** In the US, "the first waffle" is the one you always have to throw away; you’d never serve it.
The second waffle (when you've got the amount of batter and the cooking time just right) is the one you serve.

 

[Radaghast]

How do you imagine the dwarves of Moria tried to deal with the Balrog when they first woke him up? Did they hurl buckets of water at it? Was there any way they could've defeated it?

 

[Radaghast]

Wait, we have a contender...

What if the great eagles all worked together to pick up the ents and, with some breaks in between, carried them to defend Minas Tirith?