The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 days agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoWhat should we call this being so powerful and mysterious as to be completely unaffected by the one ring? Tom
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoTo be fair, he has other, more exotic-sounding names. Tom Bombadil is the name the hobbits gave him.
minus-squaresynae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoHow about this really old talking tree guy? Treebeard! And the huge volcano mountain that is the source of the evil artifact? Mount Doom, naturally
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoAbout to name my next child Humanbeard
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoWeird common human slang names for Fangorn and Orodruin/Amon Amarth
minus-squareRose Thorne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThat explains why “Cry of the Black Birds” was on the official soundtrack.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoHuman: “‘Treebeard’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Fangorn’ sounds exotic!” Elf: “‘Fangorn’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Treebeard’ sounds exotic!”
What should we call this being so powerful and mysterious as to be completely unaffected by the one ring?
Tom
To be fair, he has other, more exotic-sounding names. Tom Bombadil is the name the hobbits gave him.
How about this really old talking tree guy?
Treebeard!
And the huge volcano mountain that is the source of the evil artifact?
Mount Doom, naturally
About to name my next child Humanbeard
Weird common human slang names for Fangorn and Orodruin/Amon Amarth
That explains why “Cry of the Black Birds” was on the official soundtrack.
Human: “‘Treebeard’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Fangorn’ sounds exotic!”
Elf: “‘Fangorn’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Treebeard’ sounds exotic!”