Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Ambiguous Name
, started by Twiddler on Nov 10th 2019 at 1:45:00 AM
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Moved from under the LOTR entry. If some more Tolkieninly-inclined than I can figure out whether or not this is indeed an example of the trope, and how, amend the current entry appropriately.
- Arguable. Which "two towers" the title is actually referring to is debatable. While in the film it's made clear they're focusing on the metaphorical "union of the two towers" meaning Orthanc and Barad-Dur, in the book it seems to be Orthanc and Cirith-Ungol (invoking this trope), or Orthanc and Minas Morgul, or Orthanc and the Hornburg of Helm's Deep.
Tolkien himself said the two towers are Orthanc and Minas Morgul. The second one doesn't appear until Book IV Chapter 8, so yes, it is an example.
How about.. How I met your mother? The whole thing has nothing to do with the framework story. Presumably "your mother" is Robin, but that has yet to be confirmed.
On the Lord of the Rings entries...Granted I haven't read the books, but from everything I've heard, it's never really established which of the myriad towers in the book the title refers to, and it's obvious from the beginning that Aragorn is the long lost king.
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I always assumed that the towers were Minas Tirith versus Minas Morgul.
Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Unclear Description
, started by Lophotrochozoa on Jul 23rd 2012 at 11:18:51 PM
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