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I’m an Undecided Hobbit, Torn Between a Dark Lord Who Promises an Age of Chaos and an Elf Queen Whom I Just Wish I Knew More About (www.mcsweeneys.net)

submitted 1 month ago by geekwithsoul@lemm.ee to c/theonion@midwest.social

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I’m torn. Both Galadriel and Sauron say the other is a threat to Middle-earth. One has to be wrong, so whom am I to trust? Should I trust the Dark Lord who attempted to topple the White City of Gondor, dominate all life, and attempt to stay in power for eternity? Or do I trust the Elf Queen representing the coalition of Men and Elves who defeated Sauron when he tried to enslave the Free Peoples… but could maybe do more meet-and-greets?

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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Frodo was saved by the community he built along the way. That's why we build community in the first place. Media literacy isn't that hard if you put your mind to it!

[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

He was saved by Gollum biting his fucking finger off, but sure. Keep simping for your rich, nepo-baby, landowning bourgeois. Find it hilarious seeing someone from hexbear backing the landlord in the story.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bourgeois? That sounds like communist talk. Are you some kind of tankie?

[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, but would've loved when Frodo got rid of Sam, if Sam has said "See the violence inherent in the system! Help, I'm being repressed!" 😄

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And yet I don't find it surprising that the ee is backing genocidal maniacs, that seems pretty par for the course

[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

In one of Tolkien's letters, he specifically says that if Gollum had been redeemed as much as he could, he would have taken the ring and jumped into Mt. Doom voluntarily.