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HugeGrossBurrito posted:tom bombadil fuckin owns
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Empty Sandwich posted:all of this suicide troll talk reminds me that the Wil Huygen gnome books are interesting and sometimes grim. I think Pick posted that poo poo once
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Feb 15, 2021 21:49
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There are naked gnomes inside that book
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Feb 15, 2021 21:50
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:There are naked gnomes inside that book I think the ones I saw must have been bowdlerized for Americans, bc I don't remember the gnome with her tits out that I saw while looking for the above picture. what I did remember what the gnomes getting tortured by the trolls.  all around
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Feb 15, 2021 21:55
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We had the gnomes popup book, it owns. No tits tho.
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Feb 15, 2021 22:01
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Any gnome book is a pop up book if you're thirsty enough.
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Feb 15, 2021 22:02
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I always loved Tom Bombadil as a kid, because he's like the last bit of silly before things get Real. As an adult, I'm also coming around on the poetry, because it's still easier to read than Beowulf. Still haven't really been able to get through the Silmarillion though. The Hobbit is meant to be read aloud, though. It has the cadence and tone of a fireside story/oral tradition (which is what it was modeled on IIRC)
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Feb 15, 2021 22:04
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tom bombadil was a holdover character from tolkiens earlier less developed writing that he could not bring himself to throw away (sound like anyone you know??)
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Feb 16, 2021 03:48
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Tim Bombardier is the true protagonist of the series, he's OG
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Feb 16, 2021 16:24
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what had happened was, during the Ainulindale, one of the Ainur had to take a bathroom break but he was still humming to himself in the john and that part of the music became Tom Bombadil and even Eru Ilúvatar was like, "wtf is this poo poo?"
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Feb 16, 2021 22:29
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You should read your kids Crime and Punishment, it opens with a sick double murder and teaches a valuable lesson about how you can't get away with poo poo and also Siberia.
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Feb 17, 2021 00:06
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More like hobBUTT lmao
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Feb 17, 2021 00:29
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:you could look for the baby versions of the stories that are 90% abridged down - kid gets to participate in the same dumb kid conversations about orcs and poo poo, 10% effort Someone gave us Anime Black Beauty picture book for Christmas but now we're onto the novel and it's pretty rough.
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Feb 18, 2021 05:25
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Son of Rodney posted:Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Little known fact: Tolkein meant for this to be sung to the tune of "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moon Light" By Tiny Tim
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Feb 18, 2021 18:05
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if that's true his meter fuckin sucks
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Feb 18, 2021 18:11
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Feb 18, 2021 18:13
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dong poems for kidsEdward Lear posted:Slowly it wander, — pauses, — creeps, —
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Feb 18, 2021 18:17
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ohnobugs posted:Just read him The Hobbit it's shorter and better correct on both accounts regarding hobbits
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Feb 18, 2021 18:21
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The eagles are the size of small elephants. They were only able to fly into Mordor after Sauron's magic was dispersed and his armies were in disarray. To give you an idea of how much magical power Sauron was pumping into his land, Barad-dűr fell over when Frodo threw the ring into Sammath Naur.
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Feb 18, 2021 18:21
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Also the eagles were dicks and didn't feel like it.
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Feb 18, 2021 18:29
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:if that's true his meter fuckin sucks He meant the reader to read it fast and skip over words. Also little known fact, Tolkine never meant people to think this hard about his books
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Feb 18, 2021 18:33
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Fuckin lol dude the eagles couldn't even get out of hotel california let alone get into morder
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Feb 18, 2021 18:34
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Ventral EggSac posted:He meant the reader to read it fast and skip over words. You say this but any article or anecdote I've seen with him he comes off with strong, well actually fedora energy which suggests to me he takes his literature seriously
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Feb 18, 2021 18:37
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Do it ironically posted:You say this but any article or anecdote I've seen with him he comes off with strong, well actually fedora energy which suggests to me he takes his literature seriously That's just a persona he was forced into after it turned out people liked his books really hard, the real JRR just wanted to smoke weed and play mariokart with me in my mom's basement
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Feb 18, 2021 18:42
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Das Boo posted:Also the eagles were dicks and didn't feel like it. I'd go with this
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Feb 18, 2021 18:42
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 the rare Oglaf comic without a Edward Lear posted:Dong
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Feb 18, 2021 18:45
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Couldn't make it through the Tree Beard chapter.
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Feb 18, 2021 19:17
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hey can a turbonerd familiar with this junior tolkien dude confirm for me that he was racist as hell and his depiction of orcs should be viewed through the lens of tolkien personally being basically in line with goebbels or something? is that remotely true? and if so why isn't he being erased from popular culture like jk rowling is, only way more so?
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Feb 18, 2021 20:33
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Tolkien did express remorse for making entire races evil later in his life, I don’t think he was super racist just kind of accidentally was and realized later.
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Feb 18, 2021 21:07
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In the first version of LoTR, Tom Bombadil would save the day by doing a dance around Sauron's tower to make it crash down before jizzing all over Mordor, flowers and crystal clear wells springing forth whereever his seed would touch the ground. Frodo keeps the One Ring and uses it to pull pranks on all sorts of creatures.
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Feb 18, 2021 21:37
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He was a white well off British dude in early 20th century and obsessed with antiquity, of course he was racist af lol.
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Dumb Sex-Parrot posted:In the first version of LoTR, Tom Bombadil would save the day by doing a dance around Sauron's tower to make it crash down before jizzing all over Mordor, flowers and crystal clear wells springing forth whereever his seed would touch the ground. Frodo keeps the One Ring and uses it to pull pranks on all sorts of creatures. Yeah too bad that didnt make it into the movies. Would be so much better.
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