The only people who do the "war is hell" narrative never actually fought.War is badass.
If that was your takeaway from Lord of the Rings then you're genuinely retarded.
>>217390346God you are stupid. these are depictions but on screen by the directors and other production people involved with said movie and tv show. They are no in anyway reflective of Tolkien or GRRM's actual feelings on war. Also Tolkien's LOTOR is entirely an anti-war tale you fucking retard.
>>217390346Boy, I wonder who's behind this thread
>>217390346Who are the people you're talking about and what movies are these though?
>>217390346You have to get AIDS to know AIDS is bad
>>217390346What war did you fight in?
>>217390346Peter Jackson fought in the trenches of WW1? Damn I didn't know he was that old.
>Fighting other humans that are culturally and genetically similar to you is the same as fighting bloodthirsty creatures created by literal corrupting black magic/pol/ really makes your brain atrophy
>>217390346Tolkien's take on war, I think, was that it's necessary and makes way for both the best and worst of humanity. Corruption, deceit, cowardice, yet courage, camaraderie, self sacrifice.GRRM's take is that war is rape, because everything in his worldview is rape.
>>217390456>>217390467Frodo literally kills himself from ptsd
>>217390346You image is 300 pixels high. I can't make out what the fuck the left thing is. If the right is LotR, the point is moot because that's based on Jackson's take. Get illustrations from your novels and make this on /lit/, faggot.
First of all, Tolkien did not make Peter Hackson movies. Secondly, this is what Tolkien actually thought of war.>It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad that he could not see the dead face. He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace-all in a flash of thought which was quickly driven from his mind.
>>217391001kek will got owned so hard in this movie.
>>217390346Left is from LotR too no?
>>217391001>>217391186The answer is simple.>i have the potential to. other members of my species can. can any of yours?
>>217390346If you had read the book you'd know that the battles were extremely brief by pagecount. Helm's deep is almost an afterthought in book 3.
>>217391114>Tolkien's take on war, I think, was that it's necessary and makes way for both the best and worst of humanity.How the fuck did you get this? All the characters go out of their way to avoid wars. They only engage when the enemy is literally at the gates
War is actually good for your health.
>>217392317>I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. Did you miss the entire part where ignoring Mordor/Sauron/Saruman as they assembled armies brought huge catastrophe to Middle Earth?
>>217390346Survivor's bias.
>>217391321no, that would actually be clever bait and that's too high a bar for this board
>>217391001Meme War of 2016
>>217390346When are you dying for Israel, anon?
>>217391114> GRRM's take is that war is rape, because everything in his worldview is rapeand that's a good thing
>>217391001He fought a brave last stand against feeling peckish but luckily he found another few hot dogs in his couch.
>>217391001Black Hawk Down 2: Minnesota Jiggaboos
Peter Jackson fought in ww1?
