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6) they have essentially no bodily power - in addition to their sight, their abilities are also mostly derived from their mounts, so when they were on basically-dragons, one of them could force an entire military city to its knees just by flying over it; mounted on horses,they were Quite Intimidating in Bree, and eight of them gave Glorfindel a run for his money; on foot they could be defeated by Farmer Maggot's barking dog

7.) They kindly levelled up as the heroes did so it would be fair

8.) Sauron explicitly gains power throughout the series and possibly has more to share with his minions

9) the Shire exerts a dampening effect on all attempts at majesty... genius new theory in which the Ring is nearly harmless, Gandalf known mostly for his fireworks, the Witch-King of Angmar is reduced to interrupting tea parties, etc because the land is just not very magical at all

10) Bilbo wrote the first book and a half and could not resist making chase scenes into slapstick comedy, Frodo wrote the rest and didn't even bother trying to hide his moods

I'm pretty sure the wraiths were laying low because the Shire was constantly watched by the Rangers, of which there were far more than nine, each of whom was a Diet Aragorn also something something tom bombadil, yeah

I like theory 9. It also has implications on why hobbits in general have an odd take on things with no obvious purpose, aka manthoms. It becomes a giant game of hot potato to avoid getting cursed.

All of which could be attributed to the nearness of Tom ‘Anti-materialism’ Bombadil.

At the beginning of The Hobbit when Bilbo recognises Gandalf as "Gandalf who gave the Old Took a pair of diamond cufflinks that only come off when they're ordered" (and are never referenced again despite being a fairly startling item, in a universe where intelligent jewelery is something to be highly suspicious of). In the framework of theory 9, these cufflinks could be immensely powerful items - haunted, precious gems that obey the will of their owner! - who have an ENTIRE series worth of their own lore, which were recovered during the hinted-at adventure of the unrepentant Gandalf and The Remarkable Belladonna Took, and delivered to a place of perfect safekeeping, where they would never cause any problems at all. The Old Took just has magic diamonds what of it? And just like Mad Baggins became a local fairy tale and Frodo never received recognition in his homeland, we will never ever ever know what exactly happened there.

If I might suggest

11) Sauron's connection to the Ringwraiths is like wifi, and the signal in the Shire is like half a bar because it's bloody far and there are mountains in the way, and the rings at Imladris and Lothlórien (and on Gandalf) are like strings of Elven fairy lights that interfere with the wifi signal - so the Ringwraiths' awful wailing screams heard in the journey from the Shire are them unsuccessfully trying dial-up modem

Hnnnnnnng every single one of these takes is so GOOD

Galadriel: you're back early

Gandalf, loading gun: bag end is a Faraday cage

“...so the Ringwraiths’ awful wailing screams heard in the journey from the Shire are them unsuccessfully trying dial-up modem.” This is now canon.

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12) Maybe they’re just a bit Extra like their Master and in the beginning they didn’t consider a Hobo and four Babyadults an actual threat to them, therefore they underestimated them enough to not go in full power mod. But the more the story goes on and the more they start to be like: “Oh shit, oh shit! Maybe we could have used to put a little more effort into this!” “Yeah, i should have checked more carefully under that tree but it smelled weird and i didn’t really wanted to get dirt on my new cloak”

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so today in “unexpected meta drops”: Sam might have been talking to Sauron in and around Mordor, and it’s very subtle, and it scares the shit out of me

okay

okay.

I can’t prove this is what Tolkien meant. I thought until This Month, after eighteen years with these books, that I was reading Sam having conversations with himself. but? now? I’m really not so sure.

this first happens in “The Choices of Master Samwise” in The Two Towers, after Sam has gone from rage and grief to dabbling with suicidal thoughts and despair:

Sam taking the Ring was absolutely the right choice, above all else. It was vital and necessary. It had to happen and it speaks to his bravery and determination.

But.

Sam has one of the most consistent character voices in Tolkien - you can look at him and know when he’s talking, just by reading his dialogue. (all credit to @nikosheba for reminding me of that, and pointing it out) And this?

This isn’t Sam. He doesn’t talk that way. He doesn’t interact even with himself that way.

it happens again in Mordor proper, too, and I think the full quote speaks for itself.

note the “in his own voice” rather than clarifying it’s from himself, and the fact that after he tells whoever he’s talking to off, the Mountain reacts.

this, again, isn’t Sam.

and I’m beginning to be convinced it never was meant to be seen as him.

Ooooo!

I think you’re right!

But if that really was Sauron, wouldn’t it mean he knew where the ring was, or at least knew they were going to destroy it?

i take it was the ring messing with Sam’s mind

Do you ever think about how staggeringly in bad taste it is that Gandalf brought a firework that turns into Smaug to Bilbo’s birthday party

Like how were you hoping that would go

*gandalf voice* so bilbo lived to be 111 huh? it would be a shame if someone or something caused him to go into c a r d i a c a r r e s t

Gandalf: I’m still not a hundred percent sure that magic ring is artificially extending Bilbo’s life, so let’s run some tests.

Friendly reminder that book!bilbo just shrugged and went “oh that was the signal for supper” while everyone else had a panic attack

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Tîmbâr was one of the smallest villages in the Angle that was still inhabited: a ramshackle settlement of stone, timber, and thatch, surrounded by crags and shielded with pines. Chickens and dogs wandered the lanes between houses, and the laughter of children mingled with the quiet conversation of adults and the occasional whinny from the shaggy horses preferred by the Dúnedain.

Eruingil, called ‘Bravefool’ by some, stood awkwardly under the rough-hewn gate that marked the ‘entrance’ to the village. She struggled with herself despite being weary from her long journey from the Grey Havens, unable to work up the nerve to just walk up to someone, let alone talk to them. What would she even say? What if she made a bad impression? What if she was too formal? Not formal enough? What if she jumbled up her sentences again? What if they laughed her out of town?

What if they hated her?

Wasn’t this a delightful revelation. She could stare down a charging orc without flinching, but couldn’t even start a conversation with her own kin.

No, no, no! You can do this!

She looked around--probably in vain--for someone who appeared to be around her age; maybe it would be easier to start a conversation with someone less… experienced? Someone like her: on their own for the first time, who had no idea what they were supposed to do or where to go next.

And hopefully they wouldn’t laugh at her if she stumbled over her words.

There! She spotted someone who looked almost as awkward as she did, and young, too--maybe he was a greenhorn, just like her? Screwing up what little remained of her courage, she walked up to him and called a Sindarin greeting, then winced as heads started to turn; her Lindon accent quickly marked her as an Outsider.

Continued from: X Estel smiled. “Lord Elrond says all things have a song,” he said. “The beasts and the bugs and the trees and the rocks, and the wind and the moon and the birds in the sky - one needs only to listen... but I think elves are just a bit better at hearing those songs. I’ve never been able to hold my breath that long myself,” he added with a sheepish grin. “I didn’t expect you to have known him that long,” he chuckled. Her accent, he noted, was beginning to show more than earlier, and it sounded ticklish to his ears, but he made no comment. His accent, typical for Imladrim elves, must sound weird to her as well.

“Well, I suppose you’re right... Can you ever say you really know anyone? Even yourself? How do you know what you’d do, faced with challenges you’ve never had before...? Until recently, I didn’t even know who-”

He stopped himself at the last second, before he said too much. Erui seemed nice, and he hoped he’d made a friend, but the chieftain should be the first to know about him being Arathorn’s son, Isildur’s heir. And he was still out on patrol somewhere.

“Uh, so,” he somewhat awkwardly changed the topic, “do you know what sort of things one can do around here? I have a message for the chieftain, but since he’s not here, I figured I might as well get to know the place.”