As far as I can tell all it does it make you invisible and extend your lifespan.Gandalf implies that it has some unspecified power that he can use to great effect, yet apparently no other characters can make use of it in that way.So what's the big deal?
>>217263485It’s just a metaphor for ultimate power
The ring is explicitly malevolent and wants to return to its master and it imbues lesser beings with powers to aid it in that purpose and in some of saurons powers
>>217263485It gives you an iPad
I'm sure you could do more with the ring if you were learned in the ways of magic like Gandalf and Galadriel. They don't say exactly what they would do with it, but it's clear they could do something more than just turning themselves invisible.
It warps peoples minds that, if they put it on, they would be able to fix everything. Like Boromir thought he could save Gondor with it, and so on with everyone else. Obviously this wouldn't happen.
>>217263506Gollum had the ring seemingly longer than anyone and he wasn't powerful at all.
it lets you force your will on others
For most people it just gives them the IDEA that it could give them great power but it actually just serves Sauron. This is why if affects Hobbits the least because most of them just want to live a chill life.
>>217263485The power of that ring is so unimaginably great, that very few people can properly wield it. To do so would require great strength and fortitude. Frodo, for example, is not strong enough and so he therefore can't use that power. The ring, however, does allow you to walk in the unseen world, which is what happens when he turns invisible. Gandalf could easily and effectively use the ring because he and Sauron are both the same "race" (maiar). Aragorn could probably use it too, since he is an exceptional man.
>>217263485it tricks you
>>217263506Nope. The ring is symbolic of evil, and the temptation to use evil to fight evil.Power itself is not evil in LotR. The story ends with Aragorn becoming the king of Men, which is a great power to assume.
>>217263593Aragorn is just like a super race of men but he is not like Gandalf. I think the ring would make him live even more, make him invisible (that is a very good trick to fight someone) and I don't know maybe make him stronger but that's it. No magical powers like what Gandalf could get.
>>217263548so it's a metaphor for cocaine.
>>217263559What good is a nuclear weapon in the hands of a retard?
>>217263517Thank you Baltimore public schools
>>217263485The ring is Sauron. Its powers are Sauron.
>>217263485That's about all it can do for any non-Sauron, that and act like a beaconIt's like a video game without a crack. Sure, you can open the launcher, play with some settings, maybe even catch a cinematic, but PLAY the game completely? no.
>>217264682>That's about all it can do for any non-SauronWhen Galadriel is offered the ring, she refuses because she believes it would make her a tyrant. Gandalf refuses it for similar reasons. These two seem to know how to unlock the powers of the ring and use it to their own advantage.
>>217263485>As far as I can tell all it does it make you invisible and extend your lifespanHow'd you miss the part where it also makes dragon riding ghosts hunt you down? I like the movies but always thought the ring and it's power were ass.
>>217264771That's the allure of the ring. It makes everyone believe that they "could" wield it. Aragorn was the only one to see it for what it was.
>>217264229Pluribus will soon answer that question
what if you put it on as a cock ring haha who said that haha what
>>217263485why did sauron not turn invisible while he was wearing the ring ?
>>217263485makes you goon
Isn't a ring kinda gay? Stick with magic swords, Limey.
>>217265126>sword is a common analogy for a penis>typical yank wants to hold a "magic" penis in his hand for a 9 hour extended cut
>>217265049I can’t see a thing
>>217263485simple beings like men/hobbits are too weak to wield it's true powerwhen a mortal puts it on their body is overwhelmed by the piece of sauron's soul within the ring and drawn into the spirit worldit's not quite invisibility as you would typically think of it, more like phasing into a different unseen layer of realitythats why frodo could suddenly see the true forms of the wraiths when he put it on
>>217263485>all it does it make you invisible and extend your lifespanisn't that already a lot? what more do you want?
>>217264881why were the dragon riding ghosts not able to find gollum when he was wearing it in some random cave? Did being underground block the ring's wifi?
>>217265191>sword is a common analogy for a penisIs that why they're illegal in Bongland?
>>217265049He's already connected to the spirit realm cuz he's a god or some shit
My headcannon is that it only ever tricks people into making them believe they could do great thingsGandalf and Galadriel refuse the ring thinking they would both would gain tremendous power if they held the ring. But they refuse out of fear of being corruptedThat’s the only indication in all the books that the ring actually bestows any power beyond long life and walking the spirit plane (invisible)Sam Bilbo Isildur Gollum and Frodo are never described as using some kind of power with the ring. Or being stronger with it.The ring just corrupts the wielder by promising great power/influence. Only Sauron can use it. And with the ring he gains domination
>>217263562This, it's power is in mastery over others. Which is why it has such minimal effects on Hobbits since they are country bumpkin rubes with zero desire to lead anyone ever and might even be physically incapable of it.But even the weakest man or elf would probably turn into the world's best motivational speaker and leader if they put on the ring. Even in our reality their are charismatic people that can almost warp reality around them to make people believe anything (ex. Cult Leaders, Religious Messiahs, Generals) and the one ring would allow anyone to do this at a high level. And someone who is already powerful would become nearly Godlike although probably not immortal.
>>217265191What?
>>217265191Why did you start thinking about yanking American penises instead of Excalibur?
>>217263485The one thing movies did really bad is the ring. It's this very powerful artifact but it just turns you edgy and invisible. Just like 4chan.Apparently it should greatly enhance your powers, but just carrying it around would slowly destroy your will, so you end up just a slave to its maker.
>>217263533It's not really that powerful people can do more with it, but rather the ring can achieve more with more powerful wearers. The main power besides its ability to influence the wearer, is some level of command over the wearers of the other rings of power
>>217265049it works differently depending on the person Frodo doesn't want to be seen, so it makes him invisible
>>217263485Increases whatever your power is
>>217263485For a split second I saw an ass to ass in the preview image in catalog
It's a retcon. The original ring made you invisible. In LotR the ring is supposedly super powerful, but outside of making you invisible no other ability of the ring is shown. I guess it also corrupts its wielder.
>>217265530It extends the lives of Gollum and Bilbo, it binds Gollum to his oath, it changes size to fit the wearer, it's nigh indestructible, it is able to escape its wearer, it's able to manipulate its wearer. All these are shown in the movies and books
>>217265629>it binds Gollum to his oathThat's just Gollum being autistic
>>217263485>Gandalf implies that it has some unspecified power that he can use to great effect, yet apparently no other characters can make use of it in that way.Galadriel explains it, Gandalf explains it, i think Elrond explains it, Saruman explains it, even Boromir kind of explains it, you inattentive moron.Powerful beings become even more powerful, strong enough to Rival Sauron. That's what Sauron thinks will happen. But if it did happen, evil would win in the end, as the ring ultimately corrupts. Galadriel really spells it out for you, man
>>217266005In 1400 years of Hobbit history, they have not fought a single war against one another.Hobbits don't want power, so they are the ideal ring-bearers. And despite that, they still can be corrupted
Ring a ding ding
Do you recommend LOTR 1978
>>217264229At least you live in a democracy.
>>217263485Enables godmode if you read the instruction manual.
>>217264771The ring tells them it can do those things. And it may. However, it only does these things for it's own purpose.
>>217263485It gives you the ability to dominate others minds like Geass in Code Geass.
>>217266005if Saruman got the Ring, he would use it to defeat Sauron and then become an even worse evil
>>217263485Here you go, Op:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PNwPEcc1r3k&pp=ygUVSW4gZGVlcCBnZWVrIHRoZSByaW5n
>>217266746>Ally of my ally is my ally.>Enemy of my enemy is not my ally.Wut ?
>>217263508Seems like giving it the power of levitation and propulsion would have made returning it much easier.
>>217266900Saruman was fast tracking becoming next Sauron, literally in the movies, a bit more metaphorically in the books.
>>217266005Sauron nerfed his own power to create the ring so that it could control the lesser rings of power in his earliest plot to rule middle earth which is why the Nazgul are his slaves. Whoever controls the ring is imbued with this fraction of power especially if they know how to use it.The ring explicitly has a will of its own and can change its size to "escape" someone who owns it on its mission to rejoin Sauron and make his power whole again. It stays with Gollum for centuries because Sauron is too weak to make war, so it wanted to hidden in that cave while he built up his forces and spiritual power. When Bilbo finds it, the ring has decided it's time to head back to Mordor and that this Hobbit will end up losing it in Mirkwood or somewhere nearby an agent of Sauron who will bring it back home.However, what's not really made clear is whether the visions of power it gives to people like Gandalf, Galadriel, Boromir or that orc in the second book are actually real, or if it's manipulating them in its quest to return to Sauron and make him whole again. Gandalf or Saruman could probably effectively use it to overthrow Sauron and become a new dark lord, but Boromir's vision of how he would use it to become the most powerful king of Gondor and make himself the new Sauron were probably enticing lies fed to him by the ring because he was so close to bringing it to the gates of Mordor where he would've been killed and the ring taken directly to Barad Dur
it was Saurons cock ring
>>217263485It controls all of the other rings, which Sauron used to corrupt them and weaken the races of Middle Earth. Only he can wield it.
>>217263485The movie does a pretty bad job and showing what the ring can do. In the books Frodo tells Gollum if he put it on he could make him jump off a cliff or something. It basically gives you power over others.
>>217263485https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Gyges
>>217265049Doesn't work through gloves, rookie mistake
>>217263485Sauron was one of the angel type creatures that made all the original rings of power that were supposed to help the other races hold dominion over theirblands but in actuality it was a ruse and he made the One Ring to control the ring bearers in the other races and therefore all the races and the world
Is frodo Lord
>>217267423The reason he needs it back is because he put a bunch of his essence into it so after he was slain he can't regenerate without it
It's so hilarious that the movies are so shit they need tomes upon tomes of background info to explain plot holes away, and these tomes have hundreds of retcon letters themselves. Total hackjob, back and front.
>>217265260sauron at that point had not grown in power enough to assemble the wraiths
It's like a lich's phylactery, but instead of just Sauron's soul it had most of his entire essence. The Hobbit's were too simple to use his essence so it didn't make them archmages. Whereas if Gandalf or Galadriel got it then it would give them near godlike power; but might also turn them evil.
>>217267514It explains it quite clearly in the opening scene. Gandalf also very clearly explains, multiple times even, why he can't use it but the hobbits and their innocence as resistant to its corruption.
>>217263593Which is the wrong takeSam uses the ring to essentially clear a fortified guard tower. It remains one of the more interesting passages of the book, because it clearly demonstrates what te Ring is capable of with just a Hobbit.
>>217263485its a horcrux
Anyone could handle the ring in a state of post-nut clarity. They should have made a chain of men jerking off straight into mordor and just pass the ring along.
i have the ring. it's worthless.
>>217263506>>217263508>>217263548>>217263572>>217264771These are correct>>217263559He rejoiced over and over about the power he had in his hands, but he never leaves his cave. Most characters either use the Ring (Isildur) or know best that they shouldn't (anyone from the Fellowship). Gollum is a different kind of beast, he is a small creature, living in darkness, he doesn't dare to put himself to that test. In a way, he was a great challenge in the way for the Ring to get to Sauron.
>>217263485It gives the sensation of supreme power to it's user but ultimately It feeds off the host and makes him evil to maintain his control over it. That's why it made Smeagol kill his friend and kept him alive for so long
>>217265049He's invisible under the armor
>>217263485There's an interesting paragraph about how the ring tempts Samwise once he takes it:>Already the Ring tempted him, gnawing at his will and reason. Wild fantasies arose in his mind; and he saw Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age, striding with a flaming sword across the darkened land, and armies flocking to his call as he marched to the overthrow of Barad-dûr. And then all the clouds rolled away, and the white sun shone, and at his command the vale of Gorgoroth became a garden of flowers and trees and brought forth fruit. He had only to put on the Ring and claim it for his own, and all this could be.So the standard mode of the ring seems to grant (or atleast promise) powers of command and martial prowess. But the ring then quickly realizes that those are not Sam's desires. So it pivots hard and instead offers him the power to control nature and turn the wasteland into a garden.All in all the One Ring seems to be a tool to enhance one's inate abilities and to empower one to make your will come real. Apparently Sauron managed to create some kind of accelerator. He put much of his own strength in it as a "battery", but if he wields it he's even stronger than before.
it's a metaphor for marrying a woman
>>217265347Untrue. The ring allows Frodo to understand languages he does not know, as well as other minor powers not seen in the films. It is capable of granting many powers, depending on who wears it. Galadriel and Gandalf could have used its power to defeat Sauron, but they do not have the power to contain its corruption.
>I'm so tired of war (where my country badly lost at gallipoli), I'm gonna create a wonderful fantasy world to escape the grim reality>anyway here's that objectively evil race called turuks and they all speak kara boga language and also live in a mountainous square shaped regionwhat the fuck did tolkien mean by this?
>>217270334The easterlings and haradrim are based on mongoloids which is what they called anyone from the asian continent mainly orientals back then
>>217263485it's a cockring, tolkein was a notorious poofter and cs lewis called him out as being part of "that whole oxford thing" in his memoirs
>>217270334>>217270509I know that deep down, all the retards who like to rave about how Tolkien is really a secret progressive must grit their teeth and contain their seething whenever they chance upon "Swertings" or "black men" or "Easterlings" when reading him.Or that quote where he describe Orcs as being "degraded mongoloid types"
>>217270334>read the Silmarillion>the god of chads is married to the goddess of tomboyswhat did Tolkien mean by this ?
>>217263485Looks like a double ended dildo between two dark butts in the thumbnailWe have this thread often but the ring gives you enhanced abilities, the invisibility and power over others' wills and even minds to a degree
>>217263485realistically its power is to destroy itselfit was created by evil for evil and in tolkiens universe evil is self defeating so unknowingly evil created its own destruction
It's supposed to represent the barrel of a GUN, you see there's rifling in a gun that's slanted like elvish script. Tolkien got quite BTFO'd when he was pressed into being a man for a single time in his miserable privileged life, so he ran home and made up some gay fantasy where the totally not rural brits beat the totally not turks with knives and forks instead of modern weaponry (he was drafted as fusilier, so he hated guns). It's all just giant cope.
>>217263485Plot armor. It makes you just a little bit better at everything you do. The ring gave Sam the confidence and strength that made the orcs think he was an Elvish warrior. The ring empowers puny Gollum to strangle goblins and orcs to death and eat them.
>>217263559Gollum is strong and agile as shit for a decrepit hobbit and can survive in deplorable conditions.
>>217265509>The main power besides its ability to influence the wearer, is some level of command over the wearers of the other rings of power>doesn't control the Elves>doesn't control the Dwarves, just makes them greedy so they destroy themselves instead of working towards Sauron's will>makes the human kings destroy their kingdoms and just become nine pathetic jobberswow, such mighty power!
>>217270334>>217270509>>217271021Fucking retards. Tolkien despised the England he returned to after ww2 which is why Lord of the Rings is about Ye Old Arthurian Anglia prevailing over aggressive industrialization that turns green fields and forests into stripmined wastelands.
>>217271308tell us how this proves Tolkien was secretly in agreement with everything r/TransmarxistBIPOCfolx spouts
>>217263517it depends on the person, some people get a BMW Series 5 with heated seats
how come nobody made such ring in our world?
Reminder: The One Ring is the most low-iq trinket in all media. It had fully ensnared Isildur and could have continued to use him to corrupt all of Gondor into a realm devoted to Sauron. Instead it got him killed and itself lost in a river wasting thousands of years time for zero gain.
>>217263485Tolkien is a "soft magic" kind of guy. The ring makes it easier for the bearer to impose their will and dominate others through (deliberately, mind you) intentionally vague means.
>>217267020>Saruman was fast tracking becoming next Sauron, literally in the movies, a bit more metaphorically in the books.First book, when Saruman calls Gandalf to Isengard, he first tries to convince him to join Sauron with political bogus phrases like>A new power is rising. Against it, the old allies and policies will not avail us at all.>We must have power, power to order all things as we will, for the good which only the Wise can see.>We can bide our time, keep our thoughts in our hearts, deploring maybe evils done by the way, but approving the high and ultimate purpose: Knowledge, Rule, Order; all the things that we have so far striven in vein to accomplish, hidered rather than helped by our weak and idle friends.>There need not be, there would not be, any real change in our designs, only in our means.Gandalf calls Saruman out for being full of shit, and Saruman replies with picrel. He is really not subtle. But such a great scene
>>217263485
It amplifies your innate power x50. Hobbits are basically thief class. The eing might bot even make everyone indivisible. I don't think it is mentioned in the books that it made Isildur invisible. If Aragorn took it he would become invincible on the battlefield slicing through dozens at a time.
>>217271918I prefer that kind of magic for movies/books. People are inspired and encouraged just by being around him. While when the darkness creeps in, they are scared beyond reason and cowardly against their usual strength. Subtle magic is so much more interesting than Harry Potter spell battles.
>>217263485As if invisibility and long life aren't individually S tier powers
>>217263506It’s a metaphor for sex. It’s irresistible to any mortal man.
>>217263485>buffs your inherent powers (more effective if you are already powerful)>pushes you deeper into the spiritual realm (makes mortals invisible as an unintended side effect)>extends your lifespanGandalf, Saruman and maybe Galadriel could have used it to become dark lords that rival Sauron at his peak. Which is why them not getting/taking the ring is a big deal.
>>217271966That's wrong actually. Sauron specializes in mind control and ringcraft. So with the ring he was better at mind controlling people and especially other ring bearers through the backdoors he created in his rings.Samwise Gamgee wielding the ring does not suddenly become able to control ring bearers or mind control people.
Why the movies didn’t explain or even show Saruman betraying Sauron? He doesn’t even face any consequences for this.
>>217263485It's basically portable drive with Grok in it. It was made to control people through the internet, but it's also evil and has a mind of its own, so it'll fuck you up if you're weak-willed.
My question is what the hell is up with the Wraith's swords? That can just stab people and make them wraiths too? Why aren't they stabbing everyone in sight then? There could be ten thousand wraiths under their control!
>>217271165Found the roach
>>217272634It's the only "morgul-knife" that ever appears in Tolkien's work, so we don't know many of those are around. Also I think a Frodo-wraith would be less impressive than the wraiths of the most powerful human kings.
>>217272634They did in LOTRO and Black Book of Arda Also it doesn't turn you into a proper nazgul, those are made by sauron rings only, but shitty version of it called cargul.
>>217272770just because he'd be a wraith doesn't mean he'd get to ride with the big guys
Why didn't Isildur use his super powerful curse on the troops of Sauron instead of some disloyal mountain tribesmen?
>>217272811>Watch out for Sauron's ankle biter!
>>217272891It will be nice when one day we can use AI to replace the ghosts on the ship with the men of South Gondor. Nothing is lost by the ghosts being released after scaring the pirates off the ship except the silly swarm of ghosts killing the Oliphaunt. And the whole battle is enhanced by an army of Gondor led by Aragorn charging in to attack the enemy's flank.
>>217272269>That's wrong actually>Samwise Gamgee wielding the ring does not suddenly become able to control ring bearers or mind control people.Because Sam wouldn't want to do such a thing. In Lothlórien, Frodo (unlike Samwise) instinctively spots the ring on Galadriel's finger. She tells Frodo that he sensed her ring, because he carries the One Ring. She also tells Frodo, the One Ring to rule them all gives its wielder the ability to read the mind and direct the thoughts of those who wear the other rings. Frodo asks why he can't read Galadriel's mind. She tells him, it's because he hasn't tried it yet
>>217265512>Frodo doesn't want to be seen, so it makes him invisiblehead cannon
>>217272634Each wraith requires an upkeep of 1000 mana/dayBut more importantly, what would happen if Frieren got the Ring?
>>217274098>FrierenWho?
>>217272770>Also I think a Frodo-wraith would be less impressive than the wraiths of the most powerful human kings.I disagree. A major strength of the Nazgûl is in espionage and subversion. A Frodo-Wraith would be excellent as a spy, since Hobbits are born for stealth. Not even the Elves of Lothlorien could manage to catch Gollum, and he's not even a Wraith
>>217264946kek
>>217274098>if Frieren got the Ring?I have never seen her show, so her visibility to me would be unchanged
>>217265049The ring doesn't so much make you invisible as it pulls you into the "Unseen realm". Beings like Sauron and Gandalf, as well as the Elves, are already part of the Unseen realm as well as the real world. Humans, Hobbits (which are actually an offshoot of humans) and some others only exist in the Real world, so they get pulled into the Unseen realm and it makes them invisible.
>>217266957Yeah because that was ever one of Sauron's powers, retard
>>217263485Control. That's the main power of the ring. To control others. Sauron created it to control the other rings of power and to amplify his own capabilities (He used the One Ring in Numenor while corrupting Ar-Pharazon, and his power by them as such that he managed to transport it from the botton of the ocean when Numenor was sunk).With mortals it does have a side effect of transporting the user partially to the "unseen" world (guess Tolkien means some kind of afterlife or spiritual world). But men (and thus hobbits) can direct it, to the limit of their wills and beings, to control (Tolkien stated that if the Nazgul managed to reach Mount Doom, they wouldn't be able to attack Frodo or seizing the ring from him, since Frodo was using the ring for control. While Frodo wouldn't be able to totally control the 9 (since Sauron directly controled them via their rings which he held) he would had control enough to stop them from commiting violence against him).Isildur, Aragorn, Denethor or Boromir would had used the ring as a charisma and leadership booster if they had the time and intent of mastering it. Being like Gandalf, Saruman or even Galadriel would just turn into Sauron 2.0.The One Ring is all about control and will.
>>217272891Did Sauron troops made an oath of allegiance to Isildur? No. Mountain tribesmen? Yes.
>>217272634Most people just die from it. And the effect isn't exclusive to the blades.During the Battle of Pelennor Fields, anyone who even encountered the Witch King fell under the same shadow, which made them despair and waste away over the course of a few days. It was more dire for Frodo because he got stabbed directly (and Eowyn and Merry, who stabbed the Witch King, and Faramir, who got shot with arrows with the same effect), but Aragorn managed to heal them (or in Frodo's case, keep him alive until Elrond could take over).
>>217265358>turn into the world's best leaderIsildur was very highly regarded, probably the ring's doing
>>217275011Nope. Isildur was amongst the last people born in Numenor, he was member of a mythical race that lived 2, 3 times what normal people lives, were more capable, taller, etc. Isildur was more than 220 years old by the time he got the ring, he was a king together with his brother for more than a century. He kept the ring for the equivalent of 1% of his life.
>>217275273Fair that's interesting, thanks
>>217267437He had regenerated in the books. The eye thing in the movie was a misinterpretation that Jackson even admitted to getting wrong.
>>217265049>>217263485The ring magnifies the qualities of the user, giving them power. When Sam Wise is tempted by the ring it evokes imagery of him being the greatest farmer in middle earth. When Bombadil wears the ring it does nothing and he just finds it tacky. It also acts of its own will bidding itself home to Sauron, putting those who wield it at risk in this endeavor.
>>217263559If I had unlimited wealth and freedom to do whatever I wanted, I would unironically just sit at home and play MMOs all day.
>>217271949jesus these books are long
>>217277016They're a great read though. Tolkien really had a way with words and his worldbuilding is unmatched.
>>217274514This does raise an amusing point however. Just like how youre not supposed to feed mogwais after midnight, how much elf blood do you need to not turn invisible?Evidently someone like Isildur turned invisible, but what about Elrond? He is elvish of course, but also maiar and man.Would Elros be visible? What about Dior?
>>217263593As Frodo submits to the ring he does actually gain more power, this in Mordor when he's holding the ring telling Gollum to fuck off or die and Sam stops seeing frodo and sees a giant flaming wheel of hatred (and do note that the command Frodo gives then is exactly what ends up happening at the cracks of doom; Eru didn't trip gollum, the rings own power destroyed it by holding Gollum to his oath)
I always thought the rings power was to enhance the users natural ability. It made the hobbits invisible because hobbits are already best at remaining hidden and undetected from the greater world. Gollum is also a hobbitThe extended editions break this idea though because it shows Isildur using the ring to turn invisible
>>217263506>the ultimate power is getting shot in a river and dying
>>217277499Ok let's see you do it pal
>>217271021For me, it's the part where Barliman says he will not let any black men into his inn as long as he lives.
>>217277207Half-elves in Middle-Earth need to choose somewhere in their early (relatively speaking) years what part of their heritage they embrace. Elrond chose to live as an elf so he is essentially a full elf and the Ring would act upon him like it would on any elf.
>>217277499Acshually, Isildur's son asks about him using the Ring to control the orcs, with Isildur saying that it's a painful thing, he couldn't master the ring with his current will, it would take time and it was something painful and beyond him. And the Ring slipped from his finger by it's own (with Isildur getting a rush of relief for that). Too bad the movies couldn't convey it.
>>217278302Quote ? Or pic of the text ?I believe you , I'm not a reddit-tier "sources and studies" type retard; I just can't remember it right nowAlso I remember that when the Hobbits are in Bree, some villagers mention rumors of refugees coming in the area from a war in the south. The people of Bree aren't indifferent at their plight but aren't very thriller either at the thought of numerous newcomers settling their lands. A guy passing in town (almost certainly a spy of evil) say the refugees will come anyway and don't care about the opinions of Breelanders. At this point, the locals turn sour. And in Tolkien's mind the readers are meant to sympathize with the Breelanders. Imagine the seethe and cringe on Reddit if this passage was posted there.
>>217271705Why didn't Ulmo find it?
>>217263485>As far as I can tell all it does it make you invisible and extend your lifespan.The ring is like amplifier, hobits are weak and have no desires to rule so it doesn't give them that power.That's why you see that elf queen saying that if she took it she would become and evil tyrant queen.
>>217278806FotR, Chapter 10 "Strider">'These black men,' said the landlord lowering his voice. 'They're looking for Baggins, and if they mean well, then I'm a hobbit. It was on Monday, and all the dogs were yammering and the geese screaming. Uncanny, I called it. Nob, he came and told me that two black men were at the door asking for a hobbit called Baggins. Nob's hair was all stood on end. I bid the black fellows be off, and slammed the door on them; but they've been asking the same question all the way to Archet, I hear.>'But spooks or no spooks, they won't get in The Pony so easy. Don't you worry till the morning. Nob'll say no word. No black man shall pass my doors, while I can stand on my legs.It's about Nazgul though
>>217263559the ring don't works in subhumans
Why does every cosplay using The One Ring always have the writing on it? Wouldn't it be more accurate just to get a metallic Gold Band and a chain since the writing only appears in fire?
>>217263485>ring to...rings rings>And One Ring to mind themSays right there in the poem, it controls the other ringsLotR is fucking garbage, just smoking propaganda pretending to be a fantasy story
>>217270178>and at his command the vale of Gorgoroth became a garden of flowers and trees and brought forth fruitlmao i fucking love sam. that nigga's true passion in life is pruning bushes
>>217263559Gollum had no idea what the ring even was and was mostly content to just own it without even using it, and even then he got hundreds of years of bonus life out of it,Imagine an RPG where you find an item that gives you a passive 500% increase in HP without even having to equip it. Would you say that wasn't powerful?
>>217272031Harry potter is the worst of both worlds. Laundry list of spells with specific effects but no logic tying it all together.
>>217274677Hey look, someone who actually gets it. The reason that most people just can't grok this is that subtle ongoing corruption on a psychological level is hard to depict visually so they just get the invisibility part and wonder what else it does. But its effects are very clear. Sauron Subjugated the nine Kings of men using the ring's influence and while he couldn't subjugate the elves his influence was significant enough that they decided to hide the three elven rings away and not use them rather than risk being corrupted. Similarly, all the powerful and influential beings in middle-earth refuse to handle the thing themselves and are uncomfortable with the idea of anyone else having it because they fear them being more or less instantly corrupted. It got to Boromir just by proximity to him. It's why Frodo was such an unexpectedly suitable bearer, being completely devoid of ambition and greed gave the ring little foothold in his mind And even then it still corrupted him in the end.
Maura Labingi, Banazir Galpsi, Kalimac Brandagamba, Razanur TukIf you didn't understood any of the above, you're not a real LOTR fan and you're just a reddit-tier poser
>>217280048"Tuk" gives it away.
>>217274511jej
>>217264946>soon
>>217280048>>217280093>the use of English in the books is meant to translate another language that is neither Elvish nor Orcish>Tolkien actually wrote a few snippets of this language including the actual in universe names of the charactersThe level of detail he went into to achieve verisimilitude is actually insane. The expression "worldbuilding" doesn't do justice to what he did over the years and is actually well below the truth. Whatever one thinks about LOTR's qualities as a work you have to recognize that he's unmatched when it comes to that level of autism. Of all the other fantasy or scifi authors who followed in his steps, I can't think of any who actually comes close to him in this regard
>>217279349lrn2spell
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>>217279683It's infuriating to even begin to try to understand (read: rationalize). I don't understand how Harry Potter “lore” nerds can exist at all
>>217280722>she will never give you a handjob while in the middle of the woods >you will never fart on her face while she's pinned down Why live?
>>217264139Cool, but what was his tax policy?
>>217279683>>217280722Rowling did write a few rules of her mafic system, it's all on the wikiOn top of my mind there's no spell to resurrect the dead, you can't use magic to make food out of thin air (otherwise how to explain wizards haven't solved hunger and scarcity yet), you can't make people fall actually in love with you with potions (only a strong obsession that looks like love but isn't really)It seems there is also an upper limit to the distance you can cross by apparating (the teleportation thing)And you can't heal wounds of ilnesses caused by dark magic, they stay with you for the remainder of your lifeThat's pretty much itOtherwise, it's true that she didn't develop a lot the rules surrounding magic
>>217279683>>217280722>>217280881The funniest joke in the entire series is when Rowling decides to add in time travel to this absolute mess she created
>>217271287Hey I can survive in deplorable conditions just fine and I doesn't has a magic ring
>>217280881Her "rules" are all just post-hoc quick fixes whenever she realizes her world doesn't make any sense.
