Why didn’t they just take a hecking boat
>>221121614Sea monsters (actual answer).
Why wasn't it guarded?
Pretty good map. AIslop is getting good.
>>221121614seas are wide and storms are strong
>>221121645always heed the siren's song
>>221121623source? does tolkien say this in any of his books / letters?
Why didn't Frodo just hide the ring up his ass?
>>221121689I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in the book that, if they throw the Ring into the ocean, Sauron will eventually command a sea monster to get it back.
>>221121614Corsair fleets in the service of Sauron maybe?
>>221121700It would've slipped onto Sam's dick and corrupted him.
>>221121712Are you saying that Sam was the Lord of Frodo's ring?
>>221121712haha
>>221121623This. Remember the "Watcher in the Water" that chased the party into Moria. It specifically targeted Frodo because he was the Ringbearer and it barely paid any mind to the other members of the party even though they were attacking it with sword and bow.All evil things of Middle Earth are drawn to the Ring's power and evil things lurking beneath the sea would be almost impossible to fight off in a ship.A really interesting question is what would have happened if a dragon like Smaug had taken the One Ring.
>>221121629Sauron didn’t think “God” would directly intervene and foil him. In truth, Illuvatar is no more divine than the other Valar. He woke up first and found the flame imperishable and declares himself God. Melkor knew this which is why he decided to fuck up Illuvatar’s project and why Illuvatar went into hiding. He couldn’t risk the flame being taken. Sauron’s idea with the ring was to either win and “hack” Illuvatar’s “rule” by becoming the leader of all the races or basically pull a Leonidas in 300 throwing the spear at Xerxes to demonstrate that there is not in fact freewill because Illuvatar will always intervene and the world is not truly divine. Anyone with the flame imperishable could do what Illuvatar could do and he has it only by chance. Sauron and Melkor won. Illuvatar lies and hides. There is no plan because Illuvatar isn’t even sure of the full extent or limitations of his power.
>>221121706Yes. During the Council of Elrond.
>>221121770He destroys Sauron and the One Ring becomes the most precious possession he has to the extent he loses the lust for all treasure. He digs himself deep into the Earth so no one can get it and goes to sleep content that he has the most valuable hoard ever.
>>221121869But enough about your steel donut.
>>221121614Southron brigands patrol the coast
>>221121614What kind of bullshit map is this? It's all wrong.
>>221121712>haha gay sex/tv/ is the worst board
>>221121629sauron was absolutely convinced that aragorn had taken the ring (there would be no other reason he would feel confident enough to directly challenge sauron)and he was also (rightly) convinced that nobody could bring themselves to destroy ithubris, basically
>>221121982pretty sure its AI
>>221121614There was a blockade there. You can't cross without archers raining fire arrows down on you.
>>221121982AIslop
>>221122003Oh come on sourpuss it’s a classic joke. Why are you so mad anon?
>>221121779Tolkien said the Flame Imperishable is the Holy Spirit. It's not something Eru found. Wtf are you talking about? Are you a LOTR gnostic? Lmao
>>221121614Imagine Boromir going crazy for the ring but you can't run anywhere because you're stuck on a boat.
>>221122193It's demoralizing to white men
>>221121779It's Ilúvatar, with just one L. I don't why English speakers always make that mistake.
>>221122957gayest shit I've read today
>>221122992give it time day barely started
>>221123032>American assumes everyone on the internet lives in the same time zone
>>221122957A gay joke is "demoralizing". if that demoralizes you then you are the weakest individual on the fucking planet. Laugh you miserable cunt. You sound more triggered than a feminist anon.
>>221121982AI, especially since the "routes" start from the Shire and not from Rivendell
>>221121614Slop map is completely off in the west.
did aragorn just become the king of gondor only ? or did he restore arnor as well ?
>>221123875He became King of the Reunited Kingdom. Of House Telcontar, meaning strider.
>>221121614I hate the way LLMs type (redundant and patronizing)
>>221121623Neither monsters or corsairs would be a problem as based Ulmo would help them whenever they were in water. Fuck Manwe and fuck Eru "all according to keikaku" IluvaTARD.
>>221123875He refounded arnor but united it with Gondor into one kingdom. He also finally conquered Umbar. He decided to raze Mina’s Ithil to the ground though.
>>221123989Poor Ulmo can’t mess with Eru’s plan. He tries from time to time to help, but always in defiance of the world’s destiny. Also, his minion Ossë is an unreliable sociopath who was once accomplish of Melkor.
>>221121614We are all aware that they traveled to Rivendell, and only in Rivendell it was decided that the ring will be destroyed. So none of those alternate routes make sense within the story.
>>221121614the obvious answer?because, landing south of Gondor, they could not blend in there, amongst shitskins.
>>221121614>a boat while the coast is constantly raided by corsairs working for Sauron
>>221121614Why is Barad-dur in a completely wrong location?
>>221121779Russian hands typed this post
>>221123989Unfortunately, by the end if the Second Age, all Valar relinquished their custody of Arda to Eru. The reason for the sending of the Istari was expressly to not have a direct intervention from the Powers themselves.
>>221124651I also like how The Shire now has a coastline.
>>221124651It's an AI generated image you fucking retards
>>221121982technology seems advanced enough that there is no reason people couldn't map farther east
>>221122055sauron didn't think anyone would want to destroy the ring = the writer didn't think a way for the hobbits to sneak in unnoticed
>>221124116>ywn hang out with sperglords Tulkas and Ossë beating up Mairon for being a nerd
>>221125030no it's actually an extremely defining characteristic of both the ring and sauron and absolutely integral to the story
>>221125014I dunno, the setting is reminiscent of Migration Period or Dark Ages. Roads aren't maintained and everywhere is depopulated.
>>221125186two midgets managed to make it through enemy infested territory in a desolate landscape, somebody with a horse and no other dangers could pop over east a bit for a few monthsjust ask the elves for lembas bread for you and the horse
>>221121779I like any well crafted theory
>>221125229Well, why didn't they have complete maps in real life in the early Middle Ages (a much more hospitable setting than the near post-apocalyptic Third Age Middle-earth)? You could just take a horse and a boat all over the world and map it, it's easy. King Alfred wasn't feeling it.
>>221121629It was.
What happens here?
>>221126403that's where the jh'eet folk live and generate AI content to trade with Rohan
when neither denethor or theoden even considered lighting the beacons who the fuck was paying those guys and feeding them and keeping giant piles of wood ready to go at a moments notice on the top of snowy mountains?
>>221121623so always sail near the coast? I mean cmon, how many sea monsters big enough to destroy a boat can go so close to the coast or get attracted from the deep ocean towards a boat travelling along the coast?
>>221121614Why didn’t Sauron just wait for Frodo to come to him while building up his forces
>>221126451Gondor, you retard.For some reason the concept confuses some people. I'm sure they would have a base camp at lower altitude with supplies and take shifts if the beacon is on top of a mountain. There could be a village or a farm nearby, etc. In real life, towns formed around Roman military camps even after the central authority had gone, which it hadn't in Gondor's case.
The movies completely fucked with my perception of where my doom was because this clearly shows the pointy bit of minas tirith facing mordor. but mordir is behind minas tirith.
>>221126490They'd have to hire sailors and explain all this to them. They'd be highly suspicious to make all these requests. None of them have a boat or crew. Also Frodo's parents died in a boat accident. You don't bring up boats around him.
>>221126403don't worry about it.
>>221126673wut
how many omelettes could you make out of a great eagle egg
