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from The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to lotrmemes@midwest.social on 08 Dec 14:08
https://lemmy.world/post/22907536

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ptz@dubvee.org on 08 Dec 14:26 next collapse

Alternate take:

#PippinDidNothingWrong #IdiotsArePeopleTwo

VanillerGoriller@sh.itjust.works on 08 Dec 14:28 next collapse

JUSTICE FOR PIPPIN

bob_lemon@feddit.org on 08 Dec 15:18 collapse

But what about second Gandalf?

Rhaedas@fedia.io on 08 Dec 14:33 next collapse

Pippin helped Gandalf level up. Just in a roundabout way.

Zachariah@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 14:33 next collapse

merely a flesh wound

ryan213@lemmy.ca on 08 Dec 14:50 next collapse

Yeah, not sure if “killed Gandalf” but definitely “got Gandalf killed” is more accurate.

the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works on 08 Dec 15:08 collapse

Im about to look a fool but i just rewatched the trilogy again a month or 2 ago and cannot think of how the balrogg is his fault? The noise?

teft@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 15:17 next collapse

The bucket falling is what disturbed the gobbos who in turn woke Durin’s Bane. That or the bucket straight up woke the balrog. It’s not entirely clear but Pippin is for sure responsible.

the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works on 08 Dec 16:23 collapse

That or the bucket straight up woke the balrog.

Yo maybe pippin’s bucket hit the balrogs noggin and took the 1hp necessary for Gandalf to win. Eh? Ehh?

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 08 Dec 22:23 collapse

*reluctant gaze-avoiding high five*

the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works on 09 Dec 00:01 collapse

bob_lemon@feddit.org on 08 Dec 15:17 collapse

They were doing a pretty good job of going unnoticed until Pippin dropped stuff down the well.

Might have made it over the bridge without getting attacked at all.

lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org on 08 Dec 15:10 next collapse

Might recall wrong but Frodo did not destroy the One Ring, didn’t he? He tried to protect it and use it but tripped on a meat-hungry Gollum at the last second.

Boozilla@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 15:34 next collapse

Yes, I think the most accurate version is Gollum accidentally destroyed it while stealing it from Frodo.

Rhaedas@fedia.io on 08 Dec 15:42 collapse

"Accidentally"

Eru Ilúvatar chuckles

MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca on 08 Dec 18:15 collapse

“When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.” - ~~God~~ Eru

rumschlumpel@feddit.org on 08 Dec 17:51 next collapse

It’s “war story”, not “war facts”!

nichtburningturtle@feddit.org on 08 Dec 21:50 next collapse

He got it closer than most ever could. Give him some credit.

lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org on 09 Dec 13:34 collapse

Fair point, he literally got it at just a finger’s length to destruction.

prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works on 09 Dec 14:09 collapse

Frodo could carry the ring and remain undetected.

Sam could carry Frodo and remain uncorrupted.

Sam took the ring bearer to Mt. Doom where the ring destroyed itself.

_stranger_@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 16:25 collapse

That’s a great take. I never considered that the ring’s machinations essentially led to its own destruction.

Chainweasel@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 16:08 next collapse

Gandalf woke the Balrog.

It’s an abandoned mine, things are going to fall and make noise from time to time and they’re probably used to it.
You know what doesn’t happen all the time in a mine?
People don’t yell “Fool of a Took!” In the language of your sworn enemy at the top of their lungs.

SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca on 08 Dec 18:29 next collapse

Yeah and I feel like the Balrog could sense the presence of a Maiar nearby.

But maybe that’s just a Star Wars Force thing, I don’t really know how magic works in LOTR.

rottingleaf@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 15:23 collapse

It works the way that the happy tentacle owner and Balrog and Orcs were working together to exterminate Balin’s expedition.

rottingleaf@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 15:22 collapse

Technically it’s not how it happened in the book IIRC. Nobody was throwing corpses into that well. Just stones. And it wasn’t in the hall of Mazarbul. It was in some guards’ room near the gate.

Their entry into Moria, bothering the nice guy guarding it, was enough to wake the Balrog.

iceonfire1@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 18:07 next collapse

Yeah, but he also brought Treebeard to Isengard, leading the ents to overthrow Saruman. Did that not make the list?

He did plenty. In the movie he lit the beacon to call Rohan. Fought in the battle for Minas Tirith, where he saved Gandalf’s life. Saved Faramir’s life. Saved Merry’s life.

Sauron himself questioned Pippin and came away with the conclusion that he should apply his army and attention toward Minas Tirith and Gondor rather than continuing to look for the real ring-bearer right under his nose. Essentially made the entire gambit with Frodo possible.

This has been a pro-Pippin PSA

HK65@sopuli.xyz on 09 Dec 15:47 collapse

He was technically responsible for the deaths of two of the most powerful beings in his universe. Pippin is the OG Kratos.

underisk@lemmy.ml on 08 Dec 18:48 next collapse

got better in the sense that he recovered and improved, so its a double-win if you think about it.

ekZepp@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 13:52 collapse