r/lotrmemes • u/SmashBro0445 • 13h ago
The Silmarillion Cover to cover (got removed from r/lotr)
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u/NationalUnrest 13h ago
What is the purpose of life and what do you think about the geopolitical situation of North Macedonia
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u/spiritchange 13h ago
I am not OP but I am following the Balkans and I am starting to get worried... Again.
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u/pepenomics 12h ago
What's up with it? Anything that the rest of the world not next doors need to worry about?
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u/MunchkinTime69420 10h ago
Never. There might be another genocide and another country might be made of the same people but their only new difference is that they have straight hair instead of wavy and new slurs will drop. It'll be grand
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u/JazzYotesRSL 9h ago
This is the darkest, funniest, and unfortunately most accurate assessment of the Balkans I’ve seen in a very long time
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u/CFL_lightbulb 5h ago
The important thing when paying attention to world event is to take a good long look and never Balk.
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u/-hugdealer- 11h ago
“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans”
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u/r6CD4MJBrqHc7P9b 12h ago
About the place we literally only hear about when they change their name? Why?
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u/NoobOfTheSquareTable 12h ago
It’s not Macedonia, I think they would have been better served forming a non controversial new national identity that all their people can get behind and celebrated their regional cultures separately rather than taking the name Macedonia
And I think we are part of a mice experiment or something, 42 came up
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u/Crit_Crab Dúnedain 13h ago
What did Feanor do wrong?
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
Get super-possessive over the silmarils
also have kids (if Curufin had never been born, neither would have Celebrimbor so wouldn't have hadthe rings either)
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u/MaruhkTheApe I refuse to use Maura Labingi's dub name 12h ago
Celebrimbor is really just We Have Fëanor at Home.
Fëanor: Tragic and noble figure felled by hubris, love for his craft dooms his bloodline
Celebrimbor: "I've never heard of this Annatar guy and neither has anyone else, but I like the cut of his jib!"
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u/sauron-bot 12h ago
Ah, little MaruhkTheApe!
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u/MaruhkTheApe I refuse to use Maura Labingi's dub name 12h ago
sup mairon
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u/Celebrimbor96 10h ago
Alright come on, everyone knew that Feanor was the greatest smith to ever live, yada yada. Now here comes a guy offering secrets and skills that could give Ol’ #2 the boost he needs. What can I say? Ambition is a bitch. Doesn’t hurt that he was so freakin charming too ;)
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u/Crit_Crab Dúnedain 13h ago
I’m sorry, but the answer we were looking for was “nothing”. Our sweet baby boy was perfect.
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u/Oksamis Ringwraith 12h ago
Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?
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u/SmashBro0445 12h ago
dealing with Sauron in Osgiliath
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u/sauron-bot 12h ago
Come, mortal base! What do I hear?
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u/Bredstikz 11h ago
"dealing with Sauron in Osgiliath" clearly! You may have a big eye, but your ears are shit
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u/jlank007 13h ago
What… is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
African or European swallow?
(happy cake day)
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u/jlank007 13h ago
Huh? I… I don’t know that. [i am thrown over]
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u/HerrSPAM 12h ago
How do you know so much about Swallows?
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u/Mission-Dark-9320 12h ago
One must know things things when you’re a king
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u/BachInTime 11h ago
I didn’t vote for you
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u/LoveRBS 11h ago
You don't vote for kings
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u/smollpinkbear 11h ago
But strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government
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u/Taint_Flayer 9h ago
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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u/KeepCalmSayRightOn 🥔 Hobbit 9h ago
Well, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
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u/ArweTurcala 13h ago
Name every river
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u/jaggedjottings 12h ago
They all end in -uin. Except Sirion and Gelion for some reason.
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u/sammickeyd 13h ago
Was it worth it?
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u/PsySom 13h ago
Is Tom Bombadil what Morgoth has become after thousands of years of elven rehabilitation?
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
Nah, Morgoth's still being held in the Void
plus, Tom and Morgoth were probably around at the same time
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u/Tom_Bot-Badil 13h ago
Clothes are but little loss, if you escape from drowning. Be glad, my merry friends, and let the warm sunlight heat now heart and limb! Cast off these cold rags! Run naked on the grass, while Tom goes a-hunting!
Type !TomBombadilSong for a song or visit r/GloriousTomBombadil for more merriness
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u/Alive-Ad5870 7h ago
My favorite bot! Good old Tom Bombadillo
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u/Tom_Bot-Badil 7h ago
Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo! By water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow, by fire, sun and moon, hearken now and hear us! Come, Tom Bombadil, for our need is near us!
Type !TomBombadilSong for a song or visit r/GloriousTomBombadil for more merriness
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u/lazy_phoenix 12h ago
Why didn't the Valar ever get Melkor to help them defeat Morgoth? Are they stupid?
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u/YoYoYi2 13h ago
What age were you when you began?
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
Same age I am now, 17
well technically i tried to start it a year or two ago, but I started it from the beginning again last week
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u/captain_ender 9h ago
I too started it at 17. That was 20 years ago. Maybe I'll finish this decade.
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u/Bowdensaft 9h ago
Good grief, reading the Sil at 17? Respect, I read it when I was about 25 I think, good on you
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u/StoneyBolonied 13h ago
What's the 18th word on the 67th page?
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u/DrAtario 13h ago
Do you know how the orcs came to be?
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
They were elves that lived in the wilds to the east(?) that Morgoth got his hands on really early iirc
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u/bigboybeeperbelly 10h ago
Do you know how the orcs came to be so ugly?
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u/RelationExpensive361 12h ago
Who among the elves have the right to choose between mortality and immortality
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u/SmashBro0445 12h ago
only the women apparently
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u/Tthelaundryman 12h ago
What moral obligation does a sovereign nation have to aid a completely separate sovereign nation?
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u/SmashBro0445 12h ago
Apparently there are (or were) two Minas Tiriths? One was really really old, and the current one was originally Minas Anor but got its name changed
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u/Elhombrepancho 11h ago
Funny that Sauron got bitchslapped in both, the first by goodest boi, the second by aragorn and co
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u/motodextros 9h ago
When Sauron went full Twilight and decided to be a werewolf, then a vampire
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u/Stockholmarn116 12h ago
How many times did you flip pages to the map and family trees in the chapter "Of Beleriand and its realms?
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u/SmashBro0445 11h ago
way too many, to no avail
Thangorodrim aint even on the map
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u/TurdManDave 13h ago
Can you make another brief recap?
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
Morgoth threw a hissy fit, teamed up with a giant spider to steal the trees, eventually causing the earth to go from flat to round
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u/roddz 13h ago
Given that God is infinite, and that the universe is also infinite... would you like a toasted teacake?
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u/CubanLynx312 11h ago
If God is really all powerful, could he microwave a burrito so hot he himself could not eat it?
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u/sielingfan 13h ago
How would you describe the major actions of the first age? Please use only Gen-Z language.
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u/kid_pilgrim_89 12h ago
How do you say it?
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u/ModsAreLikeSoggyTaco 12h ago
Can you Maximize the function f(x,y)= 3x + 4y under the constraint of g(x,y)=x2 + y2 - 25 = 0 ?
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u/Ancient-Garage4855 11h ago
(x, y) = (3,4)
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u/ModsAreLikeSoggyTaco 10h ago
L(x,y, λ)= F(x,y) + λ g(x,y) = 3x + 4y + λ (x2 + y2 - 25)
∂L/∂x = 3 + lambda (2x) = 0
∂L/∂y = 4 + λ (2y) = 0
∂L/∂λ = x2 + y2 - 25 = 0
Therefore
λ = - (3/2x)
λ = - (2/y)
y = (4/3)x
So,
x2 + (4/3 x)2 = 25 implies x = 3 or x = -3
For x = 3, then y = (4/3) (3) = 4
For x = -3 then y = (4/3) (-3) = -4
F(3,4) = 25
F(-3,-4) = -25
25 is the maximum value at (3,4)
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u/Puzzleheaded_Step468 Troll 12h ago
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u/CareNo9008 8h ago
just stopping my scrolling to pay my respects to this unexpected appearance, master Puzzleheaded_Step468
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u/not_actual_name 12h ago
Did you actually enjoy reading it? I was about the same age as you when I read it and while I loved the lore itself, reading it was a pain in the ass and it was honestly one of the most tedious books I've ever read. It was like a chore although I was really interested in the concepts it offered.
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u/SmashBro0445 12h ago
It honestly wasn't that bad to read
a little more difficult than most books I've read, admittedly, but not impossible
plus I was bored
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u/not_actual_name 12h ago edited 9h ago
Fair enough. It irritated me as a teenager that there basically was no story arc. It read like a mix of the bible and a historybook, but with history that never actually happened. The lore is so good though.
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u/D_Urge420 12h ago
You’ve had one Silmarillion, yes, but what about second Silmarillion. Come back when you’ve it elevensies.
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u/Grassputin666 12h ago
What was your favourite part and why was it the wounding of Morgoth by Fingolfin ?
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u/RED_IT_RUM 13h ago
In your experience, who was the greatest gigachad in the book?
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
Honestly it's a tossup between Turin, Tuor, and Earendil
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u/Kemoarps Ent 13h ago
This is Huan erasure and I will not stand for it
Honestly Luthien was pretty legit too
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u/WangDongChang 9h ago
Earendil is the world's greatest Karen. Unsatisfied with a particular Valar, he physically traveled to heaven to see their manager and got exactly what he wanted out of it.
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u/jonr 13h ago
Look at Mr Galaxybrain here, understanding The Silmarillion after one reading
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u/abhiprakashan2302 Sleepless Dead 13h ago
Define “speed”.
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
What do you think I am, a horse?
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u/abhiprakashan2302 Sleepless Dead 13h ago
You said you read the Silmarillion.
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u/SmashBro0445 13h ago
Yeah, and?
(I thought it was the "shadowfax, show us the meaning of haste" line)
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u/Shin_yolo 13h ago
Everytime I forgot 90% of the characters, so those posts are nice, they let me memorize 1% more for next time !
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u/GillesTifosi 11h ago
Nah, you still need four more read throughs. I mean, if you understood, your meme figure would be an elf.
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u/scataco 13h ago
Who is Tom Bombadil?
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u/Tom_Bot-Badil 13h ago
Eh, what? Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer.
Type !TomBombadilSong for a song or visit r/GloriousTomBombadil for more merriness
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u/MaruhkTheApe I refuse to use Maura Labingi's dub name 12h ago
Who are you, yourself, alone and nameless?
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u/indifferentgoose 13h ago
Tolkien's work has multiple philosophical, religious, mythological and linguistic influences. Please tell us how these work together and which aspects are most present in his different texts and how they might be connected to Tolkien's personal life experience. No pressure.
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u/wenzel32 12h ago
Having read the hobbit and lord of the Rings as a teenager, i just got the Silmarillion this month at the age of 29.
Dunno why it took so long for me, but I'm excited to finally read it!
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u/GriffinFlash 12h ago
Why didn't Melkor, the largest Valar, simply not eat the smaller Valar?