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* In the coronation scene, after Eomer bows his head to him, Aragorn inclines his head back. Two kings are showing respect to each other.
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* If you think about it, Saruman insulted Theoden twice by labeling him a "lesser son of greater sires". He didn't just call him a petty member of a mighty house, but he also compared Theoden's ancestors to stallions (= sires) to make the latter feel as if he had less royal blood (and by extension authority) than the previous Kings of Rohan. Knowing Saruman, he may have come up with this double insult on purpose out of spite (especially after being told by Theoden himself he would have been executed for his crimes).
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* If you think about it, Saruman insulted Theoden twice by labeling him a "lesser son of greater sires". He didn't just call him a petty member of a mighty house, but he also compared Theoden's ancestors to stallions (= sires) to make the latter feel as if he had less royal blood (and by extension authority) than the previous Kings of Rohan. Knowing Saruman, he may have come up with this double insult on purpose out of spite (especially after being told by Theoden himself he would have been executed for his crimes).
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* If you think about it, Saruman insulted Theoden twice by labeling him a "lesser son of greater sires". He didn't just call him a petty member of a mighty house, but he also compared Theoden's ancestors to stallions (= sires) to make the latter feel as if he had less royal blood (and by extension authority) than the previous Kings of Rohan. Knowing Saruman, he may have come up with this double insult on purpose out of spite (especially after being told by Theoden himself he would have been executed for his crimes).
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* At first, it seems strange that Westron (or Adûni) and Adûnaic do not resemble each other at all, even though one is supposed to be the descendant of the other. Then comes the appendix and the revelation that all of the Westron we see in the novels is actually the English translation of the original text. From what little we see of untranslated Adûni, it does greatly resemble its ancestor Adûnaic, with names like Banazîr, Razanur, Sûza, etc.
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** Also, it should be noted that it's the Army of Dead who presses the issue of being released, not Aragorn. He might have planned to use them more, but they've put their foot down and demanded immediate release after Minas Tirith. Demanding an insubordinate army to keep on fighting is a surefire recipe for disaster, so it's no wonder Aragorn agrees to let them go right then and there.
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* The Mouth of Sauron comes to the assembled company in ''Return of the King'' and mentions ''a'' Hobbit. Though it's not spelled out explicitly, it's likely that part of the reason Aragorn and Gandalf didn't despair is that they know ''two'' Hobbits are running around in Mordor (three if we count Smeagol), and clearly Sauron doesn't have the Ring back. Even if it's true that Frodo is dead or captured (which they would guess from the mail shirt), Sam can still fulfill the Quest. Merry and Pippin may not have picked up on this, but it's likely Gandalf and Aragon would have. However, naturally they wouldn't say anything to the Mouth, and even saying anything out loud to the rest of their troops might be dangerous at the very border, where anything and anyone could be watching and listening.
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* The Mouth of Sauron comes to the assembled company in ''Return of the King'' and mentions ''a'' Hobbit. Though it's not spelled out explicitly, it's likely that part of the reason Aragorn and Gandalf didn't despair is that they know ''two'' Hobbits are running around in Mordor (three if we count Smeagol), and clearly Sauron doesn't have the Ring back. [[note]]After all, Sauron wasn't going to bother with diplomacy if he actually had the Ring.[[/note]] Even if it's true that Frodo is dead or captured (which they would guess from the mail shirt), Sam can still fulfill the Quest. Merry and Pippin may not have picked up on this, but it's likely Gandalf and Aragon would have. However, naturally they wouldn't say anything to the Mouth, and even saying anything out loud to the rest of their troops might be dangerous at the very border, where anything and anyone could be watching and listening.
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* The goblins in Moria look nothing like the goblins in the Misty Mountains. Moria goblins are scrawny, green, skulking, and chittering, whereas Misty Mountain goblins are corpulent, grey, grandiose, and garrolous. Morians are constantly terrorized by by a BigRedDevil and implied to be starving. They're halfway to insane and gaining fast. Misty Mountainers, by stark contrast, are fattened up by kidnapping and/or robbing travelers, an have grown into a thriving community (if they can truly be said to 'thrive').
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** The creation of the Uruk-Hai is considered one of Saruman's most grievous crimes, similar to Morgoth's "creation" of Orcs. It's a safe bet that whatever actions he took to get the interbreeding going were pretty abominable.
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** One of the freakier readings of this scene is that the Balrog was probably the ''best case scenario'' for a horrible monster being unleashed in Dwarrowdelf. The next level underneath Durin's Bane were creatures that [[HorrifyingTheHorror even he didn't want to screw with]]. Gandalf describes the fight with the Balrog essentially devolved into them both running for their lives once they reached the abyss where the Nameless Things lived.
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** On a related note, it's implied that the Elves who came to help from Lorien were wiped out to the last. We don't see a single one after Aragorn goes to defend the gate.
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** Galadriel rejects the ring when Frodo offers it. Why? She's not scared of ''it'', but of what ''she'' could and would do if she had that power. She successfully overcomes her own weaknesses and temptations and stays exactly as she is.
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** It doesn't help that that the Ring being not returned to Sauron is pretty clear cut. Firstly, if the Mouth of Sauron wanted to lie that Frodo had been captured, then why would a second hobbit aka Sam not even be mentioned? Secondly, if Sauron really had the One Ring back, he wouldn't have bothered with diplomacy and would have just crushed the Host of the West with his armies at the Black Gate.
* At the end of the Battle of Helm's Deep, the pike-wielding orcs would surely have broken the charge led by Gandalf and Eomer, if not for the sun rising over the hill at the last second and making them break ranks. Luck? No, the Rohirrim were led by a wizard. [[CallBack And a wizard arrives]] [[BrickJoke ''precisely'' when he means to]].
* At the end of the Battle of Helm's Deep, the pike-wielding orcs would surely have broken the charge led by Gandalf and Eomer, if not for the sun rising over the hill at the last second and making them break ranks. Luck? No, the Rohirrim were led by a wizard. [[CallBack And a wizard arrives]] [[BrickJoke ''precisely'' when he means to]].
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** It doesn't help that that the Ring being not returned to Sauron is pretty clear cut. Firstly, if the Mouth of Sauron wanted to lie that Frodo had been captured, then why would a second hobbit aka Sam (aka Sam) not even be mentioned? Secondly, if Sauron really had the One Ring back, he wouldn't have bothered with diplomacy and would have just crushed the Host of the West with his armies at the Black Gate.
* At the end of the Battle of Helm's Deep, the pike-wielding orcs would surely have broken the charge led by Gandalf and Eomer, if not for the sun rising over the hill at the last second and making them break ranks. Luck? No, the Rohirrim were led by a wizard. [[CallBack And a wizard arrives]][[BrickJoke ''precisely'' ''[[CallBack precisely]]'' [[CallBack when he means to]].
* At the end of the Battle of Helm's Deep, the pike-wielding orcs would surely have broken the charge led by Gandalf and Eomer, if not for the sun rising over the hill at the last second and making them break ranks. Luck? No, the Rohirrim were led by a wizard. [[CallBack And a wizard arrives]]
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* It makes perfect sense as to why the lava bombs from Mount Doom can kill the Nazgul: they were born from the One Ring's power, and if that volcanic lava is capable of melting the source of their power, they're just as vulnerable. Furthermore, their master just got destroyed/depowered a short while ago, so they're likely on their dying throes anyway.
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* It makes perfect sense as to why the lava bombs from Mount Doom can kill the Nazgul: they were born from the One Ring's power, and if that volcanic lava is capable of melting the source of their power, they're just as vulnerable. Furthermore, their master just got destroyed/depowered a short while ago, so they're likely on in their dying throes anyway.
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** It's even worse than that. Gollum not only eventually almost stopped wearing the Ring (otherwise he would have become a wraith) - he lost the thing altogether. Yet he was unable to die...
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** Similarly with Faramir, he has enough strength of character to know that anything it could offer him, he didn't want, and anything he really wanted, he couldn't get from the Ring.
* The Mouth of Sauron comes to the assembled company in ''Return of the King'' and mentions ''a'' Hobbit. Though it's not spelled out explicitly, it's likely that part of the reason Aragorn and Gandalf didn't despair is that they know ''two'' Hobbits are running around in Mordor (three if we count Smeagol), and clearly Sauron doesn't have the Ring back. Even if it's true that Frodo is dead or captured (which they would guess from the mail shirt), Sam can still fulfill the Quest. Merry and Pippin may not have picked up on this, but it's likely Gandalf and Aragon would have. However, naturally they wouldn't say anything to the Mouth, and even saying anything out loud to the rest of their troops might be dangerous at the very border, where anything and anyone could be watching and listening.
* The Mouth of Sauron comes to the assembled company in ''Return of the King'' and mentions ''a'' Hobbit. Though it's not spelled out explicitly, it's likely that part of the reason Aragorn and Gandalf didn't despair is that they know ''two'' Hobbits are running around in Mordor (three if we count Smeagol), and clearly Sauron doesn't have the Ring back. Even if it's true that Frodo is dead or captured (which they would guess from the mail shirt), Sam can still fulfill the Quest. Merry and Pippin may not have picked up on this, but it's likely Gandalf and Aragon would have. However, naturally they wouldn't say anything to the Mouth, and even saying anything out loud to the rest of their troops might be dangerous at the very border, where anything and anyone could be watching and listening.
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** The Ring also doesn't seem to have much, if at all, an effect on Faramir. Not just because Faramir is the closest Tolkien came to a self-insert, but also because, very simply, Faramir ''doesn't want all that much.'' He comes across as a pretty straightforward fellow who's mostly content with what he has. Sure, he wants his father's love, his brother come back to life, and his country safe, but he's wise enough to understand that even with the Ring he wouldn't be able to have those. Like Sam and Tom, there's nothing for the Ring to work with, and he has enough strength of will that the Ring can't even get a foothold.
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** Or a male Ent, a survivor from the days the primal forest stretched from Dunland to Shire and beyond, quietly going about his business. Ents are long lived, after all, and there's a nice swath of forest still growing there.
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* At the end of the Battle of Helm's Deep, the pike-wielding orcs would surely have broken the charge led by Gandalf and Eomer, if not for the sun rising over the hill at the last second and making them break ranks. Luck? No, the Rohirrim were led by a wizard. [[CallBack And a wizard arrives arrives]] [[BrickJoke ''precisely'' when he means to.to]].
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--> "And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined."]]
