To reduce shitposting on this board, here's a LOTR and HOBBBIT FAQ. Contributions and suggestions welcome.
Q1:
>Why didn't the eagles just fly Frodo to Mordor?
Sauron had excellent air surveillance and defence - his Eye could see flying things coming from miles and miles away, and he would be able to swiftly deploy winged Nazgul to intercept any flying attackers. The only way into Mordor was by stealth, on foot, taking advantage of ground cover (NB if anyone cites the eagles unwillingness to intervene in worldly affairs as a reason, they suck dick)
Q2:
>How do orcs know what a menu is?
The short answer is that they don't and you can blame Peter Hackson for introducing this cringe worthy line. Having said that, orcs are capable of social organisation and it's not beyond the realms of possibility that there are canteens where at least a limited choice of different foods is offered to paying orc customers
Q3
>who is Tom Bombadil?
Only JRR Tolkien knows the "in-universe" explanation for Tom Bombadil. Some people state that JRR himself had no idea who the character was but this is unlikely given that in his letters he said he included Tom deliberately to show an alternative form of "science" - which only studied nature - than the cruel industrialisation of Sauron and later Saruman, which sought to master and warp nature. Also, chracters in the book repeatedly ask "who is Tom Bombadil"? suggested there is an answer, even if it is not known. He is probably a Maia or even Ainur.
>>63086432
He wore blue so he was a blue wizard right?
I dont think we need a middle earth thread, since they rarerly happen now a days.
Star Wars on the other hand...
>>63086432
Wow this was totally needed and the questions weren't fucking stupid at all, thank goodness someone was around to answer them!!!
>>63086432
So assuming an equator exists on middle earth, did black people turn into orcs?
>>63086461
>since they rarerly happen now a days.
are you joking?
>>63086475
Orcs are just elves but with darkness
>>63086432
Hey OP why did Gandalf only use magic once, when he said "Good Morning" to Bilbo? Do his spells have a trilogy cooldown or what?
If there is Middle earth, are there Lower Earth and Upper Earth ?
>>63086477
They dont, and they dont flood the board either
>>63086432
why would you make a lotr thread if you dont know wtf youre talking about
the character that says "meats back on le menu" is an uruk hai. gimli even explicitly says "these are not mindless orcs"
they are resurrected men or elves or whatever. im not an lotr expert myself but neither are you so plz die in a fire and stop making these kinds of threads
>>63086474
Not to mention how definitive and authoritative the answers are! OP must be Christopher Tolkien himself to state with absolute certainty that his answers are correct and not absolute headcanon based on vague understandings of the text.
>>63086432
>hasn't been a LOTR/Hobbit film thread since the last film's theatrical release
>anon decides to produce 'epik FAQ' to questions nobody is asking
>FAQ will soon be wiped off the board by Star Wars threads and feetposting
FOOL OF A TOOK
Tom Bombadil is some hippie faggot, that's all
>people actually believe tom bombadill represents something other than convenience
Why dose no one ever acknowledge that the eagles are effected by the ring too. If they had got on the eagles they would have dropped them to their death and picked the ring off their bodies.
>>63086432
>and it's not beyond the realms of possibility that there are canteens where at least a limited choice of different foods is offered to paying orc customers
I know you are right but this still made me chuckle.
>>63086432
>>who is Tom Bombadil?
>Only JRR Tolkien knows the "in-universe" explanation for Tom Bombadil. Some people state that JRR himself had no idea who the character was but this is unlikely given that in his letters he said he included Tom deliberately to show an alternative form of "science" - which only studied nature - than the cruel industrialisation of Sauron and later Saruman, which sought to master and warp nature. Also, chracters in the book repeatedly ask "who is Tom Bombadil"? suggested there is an answer, even if it is not known. He is probably a Maia or even Ainur.
What you say about him being somewhat science-related is probably an undestatement. He is literally the almighty amoral force of nature unleashed by the nuclear era. His name is literally (a)TOM BOMBadil ffs.
>>63086432
>Why didn't the eagles just fly Frodo to Mordor?
But thats the thing. Gandalf DID want to use the eagles. They were on their way. etcetcredditetectecredditredditetecetc
>>63087502
>I said literally twice.
Smh. But anyway, there's that.
Is this the 9gag thread?
>>63086432
>Some people state that JRR himself had no idea who the character was but this is unlikely given that in his letters he said he included Tom deliberately to show an alternative form of "science" - which only studied nature - than the cruel industrialisation of Sauron and later Saruman, which sought to master and warp nature.
Just throwing this out there, but there's also probably religious meaning. Although Tolkien wasn't a fan of the type of allegory of Lewis, his Catholic faith is deep in LOTR.
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>>63086474
Reddit spotted.
Only "LE EBIN STAR WARS SPAM XD" fags wouldn't want a LOTR thread. Now fuck off.
>>63088193
we want many middle earth threads
