But he knows approximately what it does and has like 50 years of experience of hunting the enemy and a whole ass education in the history of the world etc.

Barb: 2 come first, gooder!!

If that was Gandalf the White he’d know exactly how to escape and tell everyone exactly what to do every step of the way until the final puzzle, at which point he just stands to the side and stares at them solving it. When they finally succeed, in the nick of time, he yells “the door is opening!”

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The Hobbit does grow more serious as it goes on, the first third is… an experience to read, i agree. LOTR is much more serious, the elves are much more the wise old beings (still jovial at times, but in a less childish way).

Ooh a double reference, fancy!

Absolutely, but calling it a reference implies that it was intentional by the writer, which seems unlikely considering what he’s said about such things.

Not everything needs to have deep/real-world meaning. As i recall, Tolkien really didn’t like people ascribing such things to his writing. They’re just stories and should be treated as such.

That’s a fair point, i can absolutely see Gandalf the Grey justifying with something like “there is more evil in this world than just Sauron”.

Just not in any other ways, like it going against essentially his entire character and the ring not allowing it, among others.

Gandalf wouldn’t even still be there, since he was only there to aid in the fight against Sauron. He’d have gone off to Valinor shortly after Sauron’s defeat, together with the rest of the elves. And there’d be no Aragorn to be a good pal and extend the good lifespans of the realms of Men, so Gondor would never get a new king and the realms of Men would likely fall to evil a bit into the third age.

LoL is not a company, the creator and owner of it is Riot Games.

“Listen to” and “obey” are two very different concepts, not sure where you got that I’m suggesting they do what he wants.

i doubt they’d have time to drown tbh, at depth a small leak is likely to cause immediate and sudden implosion, instantly crushing anyone inside. not sure how that would play out in a larger non-circular space though like rapture.

I mean, he is in control of the soon to be president of the US. Much as I hate it, other countries kinda do have to listen to him now.

Just saw a post about food positioning inside of a microwave, and immendiately see a post made by MicroWave themselves. Coincidence? I think not!

Not when it’s factually incorrect. There’s plenty of things wrong with America, no need to call it something it isn’t.

The twilight movie series. I’ve watched the entire thing at least 3 times, still love it. Meme scenes aside, they’re actually quite nice

Not that i engage in this particular variety myself, but this kind of activity typically gets more fun the deeper you dive in. I generally only watch esports, but the more i care about the outcome of a game, and the more i understand of the game, the more fun it is to watch. I can think of no better way of caring more about a game than siding absolutely with one of the teams and betting money on their victory.