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[–] TheBat 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why didn't just Tom wear the Ring as he makes passionate love with his wife, so he can force Sauron to watch.

Sauron, who is a virgin, who never had a gf and was dismembered and reduced to a giant eye by a fucking human would realize he is nothing compared to Tom, whose girth is beyond even Eru Ilúvatar's comprehension.

Wishing to die but unable to kill himself as he doesn't even have a fucking hand to pull the trigger, he would order his orc armies to piss on him, so that the flames of his eye can be extinguished and his mind can be set free of Tom's all encompassing girth. His spirit would be released to the boundless void that ripples and contorts with Tom's mighty thrusts and he would find no solace.

Edit: When Tom thrusts his final thrust and shoots a billion Bombadillos deep into Goldberry's loins, the impact would shatter Sauron's soul into a billion Saurodillos and he would be free. When this happens, not even the wisest can tell.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Babe wake up, new copypasta just dropped.

But also, the ring has no power over Bombadil, so Sauron would see nothing.

[–] Maroon 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Babe wake up, new copypasta just dropped.

I have added this to my copypasta repository. This needs to be made official somehow.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well...

Since they didn't get trapped in the barrow downs (and subsequently saved by Tom) they didn't find the barrow swords, specifically enchanted to be effective against the ~~which~~ witch King.

When merry stabs the ~~which~~ witch king therefore nothing should happen.

literally unwatchable.

[–] PapaStevesy 48 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When merry stabs the which king

There's still one more you missed :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] PattyMcB 16 points 3 days ago

"I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!"

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He really isnt, outside the plot point of where the dagger that killed the witch king came from.

The Scouring of the Shire, on the other hand...

[–] PattyMcB 9 points 3 days ago

Those poor Hobbits

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

I'm sure the Tolkien nerds can convince Amazon to make an entire series about Tom.

I mean it can't be much worse than Rings of fucking Power...

[–] Yokozuna 5 points 2 days ago

TOMMM BOMMMBADILLLLL

[–] Rakonat 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I read the books twice. I will never get those hours slogging through Toms chapters back and he was entirely irrelevant to the plot.

It was like a fever dream that could have been written off as a mass hallucination of the hobbits after Merry and Pippin share some weed they stole from Gandalf.

[–] LaLuzDelSol 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Me reading all of Bran's chapters in ASOIAF. On rereads I literally just skip his chapters it's so liberating. I just pretend he died when Jamie pushed him out of the tower and the story plays put exactly the same. (Also I haven't watched the show yet no spoilers pls)

[–] grissino 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

When you watch the show, stop after season 5 and pretend it was cancelled. You will be much happier in life this way. And skip the commentary halfway through season 5 as well...

[–] jacksilver 4 points 2 days ago

After partway through season 6 I told my friends the show had lost it and that it was going downhill (I think it really started with Jamie warping around like travel/time didn't matter anymore). Either way, while people didn't agree at the time, by season 8 it was more than evident.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Canceled after 5? So just like the books.

At this point, I have zero confidence that Winds of Winter will be any good. Even if he ever actually finishes writing it, GRRM is too busy pulling new plot points out of his ass rather than finish the threads he already started.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I will never get those hours slogging through Toms chapters back

And they're so near the start of the book too, before anything really interesting happens. I nearly stopped reading there. (I didn't stop only because I had enjoyed The Hobbit so much.)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

smh the haters in the comments don't seem to be Goldberry appreciators

[–] PineRune 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

This Goldberry does not appear to be slender as the willow-wand. This Goldberry be thicc.

[–] PineRune 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, MTG took some liberties when creating the art for the LOTR characters. I think a lot of people criticized them for being too "woke" in this set.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think a lot of people criticized them for being too woke in this set.

I think a lot of peoples' opinions aren't worth considering. Namely, anyone that uses woke or dei as an epithet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Especially considering... I mean LOOK at that picture!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I'd move a counter from another target permanent I control onto her...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

That is not how I imagined Goldberry

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I skip all his songs. Page ahead. And I will continue to do so.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling!
Light goes the weather-wind and the feathered starling.
Down along under Hill, shining in the sunlight,
Waiting on the doorstep for the cold starlight,
There my pretty lady is, River-woman's daughter,
Slender as the willow-wand, clearer than the water.
Old Tom Bombadil water-lilies bringing
Comes hopping home again. Can you hear him singing?
Hey! Come merry dol! Derry dol! and merry-o,
Goldberry, Goldberry, merry yellow berry-o!
Poor old Willow-man, you tuck your roots away!
Tom's in a hurry now. Evening will follow day.
Tom's going home again water-lilies bringing.
Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Tom's in a hurry now.

This is proof that Tom is a filthy fucking liar, everything he does takes forever for no reason at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can relate to that though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're a filthy fucking liar too?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

No, I dawdle.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?

No.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tom's the best you goddamn ingrates

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 2 points 3 days ago

Anyone who says this is just coping. Hate them if you must, but I would pity them.

[–] WraithGear 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Wasn’t his purpose to give the readers a break and to give Gandalf enough time to do a misadventure?

[–] Seleni 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, his purpose was to show there was a wider world and a deeper history to Middle-Earth than we got to see in the books. Tolkien was dropping hints like that all over the story; Tom was just the biggest one.

It also was the way Merry got his special wraith-killing sword, and it gave a bit of a glimpse into the limitations of the powers of the ring, foreshadowing Sam’s ability to give it up freely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It's also the very first time Frodo puts on the ring.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I fucking hated the Tom Bombadil character, he's an insufferable annoying twat with all his bullshit singing, I'm so happy he wasn't in the movies.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bullshit. Tom is just an obnoxious character.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I have been an old man at heart since I was a 14-year-old girl. So thank you.

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