History Funny / TheSilmarillion

* When Beren and Luthien return, Thingol asks where the Silmaril is. Beren promptly replies, "Even now a Silmaril is in my hand." He subsequently holds up his bloody stump of where his hand used to be. Thingol is rather lost for words, as one might expect.

* The creation of the Ents--Yavanna has a hissy fit when Aule makes the Dwarves, as he didn't tell her about it, or ask for her help, and aren't the tree-hugging pacifists she would prefer. She then storms out, gets permission from Manwe to create a race of guardians, the Ents, and then comes back to gloat to her husband, who is busy in his forge and doesn't even look up from his work.
--> '''Aule''': [[DeadpanSnarker "Still, they will have need of wood."]]

* Beren pronounces, "Even now a Silmaril is in my hand." He subsequently holds up his bloody stump of where his hand used to be.

** The narration pointing out that yes, Fëanor did just slam the door in the face of pretty much the ''most powerful being known to him'', second only to Manwë, makes the scene.
** Actually no, Melkor is ''more powerful than all the Valar together''. And Fëanor slammed a door in his face. Damn.

* Haleth cracking the only joke ''in the whole book,'' and it's actually a pretty good one, if rather dark. Bascially, 'If Thingol thinks I'm going to join up with Melkor after what he did to my family and my people, then the minds of Elves are strange, scary places.'

* Might just be me, but it's pretty amusing when Morgoth and Ungoliant get into their argument. Ungoliant tells Morgoth that, for her help, she wants to eat the world. Morgoth basically replies "You can't eat the world, I have to ''rule'' it!"

* Personally, I always found the scene where Fëanor calls [[PhysicalGod Morgoth]] a "jail-crow of Mandos" and then [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu slams the door in his face]] pretty funny.

** The narration pointing out that yes, Fëanor did just slam the door in the face of pretty much the ''most powerful being known to him'', second only to Manwë.

* The creation of the Ents--Yavanna has a hissy fit when Aule makes the Dwarves, as he didn't tell her about it, or ask for her help, and aren't the tree-hugging pacifists she would prefer. She then storms out, gets permission from Manwe to create a race of guardians, the Ents, and then comes back gloat to her husband, who is busy in his forge and doesn't even look up from his work.

* Lúthien and Huan defeat Sauron on his island, and Sauron has to fly back to Dorthonion still bleeding from his throat. One look at the map shows that Sauron must have been pretty hurt and panicked, because the shortest and thus fastest way includes ''flying straight over Gondolin'' and there is no mention anywhere that he reported finding, let alone ''noticed'', the ''one city'' Morgoth has been looking for the most.

* Lúthien and Huan defeat Sauron on his island, and Sauron has to fly back to Dorthonion still bleeding from his throat. One look at the map shows that Sauron must have been pretty hurt and panicked, because the shortest and thus fastest way includes ''flying straight over Gondolin'' and there is no mention anywhere that he ''noticed'' the one city Morgoth has been looking for the most.

* Lúthien and Huan defead Sauron on his island, and Sauron has to fly back to Dorthonion still bleeding from his throat. One look at the map shows that Sauron must have been pretty hurt and panicked, because the shortest and thus fastest way includes ''flying straight over Gondolin'' and there is no mention anywhere that he ''noticed'' the one city Morgoth has been looking for the most.

--> '''Aule''': [[DeadpanSnarker "Still, they will have need of wood."]]

* Beren tries to hold off Carcaroth with a Silmaril in his hand. Carcaroth responds by eating Beren's hand. Om nom.

** But then again, it nicely sums up what all the Edain (the race of Men) are probably thinking about this war they stumbled into ("So let me get this straight, all this death and suffering is happening because of three ''lightbulbs''?").

** But then again, it nicely sums up what all the Edain (the race of Men) are probably thinking about this war they stumbled into ("So let me get this straight, all this death and suffering is happening because of three baubles that glow in the dark?").

** But then again, it probably sums up the befuddlement of the Edain (the race of Men), when they first met the Elves and learned about the war they stumbled into ("So let me get this straight, all this death and suffering is happening because of three baubles that glow in the dark?").

* Beren remarking to Thingol that Elven-kings must not think much of their daughters if they're willing to marry them off in exchange for some jewelry. This in response to an EngagementChallenge that amounts to "Travel to the hellish fortress filled with countless legions and demons and steal the most brilliant, beautiful, and masterfully crafted objects to ever exist from the most powerful being in existence".

* Haleth cracking the only joke ''in the whole book,'' and it's actually a pretty good one, if rather dark. Bascially, 'If Thingol thinks I'm going to join up with Melkor after what he did to my family and my people, then the minds of Elves are strange, scary places.'

* Might just be me, but it's pretty amusing when Morgoth and Ungoliant get into their argument. Ungoliant tells Morgoth that, for her help, she wants to eat the world. Morgoth's basically replies "You can't eat the world, I have to ''rule'' it!"

* Personally, I always found the scene where Fëanor calls [[{{PhysicalGod}} Morgoth]] a "jail-crow of Mandos" and then [[{{DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu}} slams the door in his face]] pretty funny.

* Personally, I always found the scene where Feanor calls [[{{PhysicalGod}} Morgoth]] a "jail-crow of Mandos" and then [[{{DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu}} slams the door in his face]] pretty funny.

* Personally, I always found the scene where Feanor calls [[{{PhysicalGod}} Morgoth]] a "jail-crow of Mandos" and then [[{{DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu}} slams the door in his face]] pretty funny.

* Might just be me, but it's pretty amusing when Morgoth and Ungoliant get into their argument. Ungoliant tells Morgoth that, for her help, she wants to eat the world. Morgoth's basically replies "You can't eat the world, I have to ''rule'' it!"

* Might just be me, but it's pretty amusing when Morgoth and Ungoliant get into their argument. Ungoliant tells Morgoth that, for her help, she wants to eat the world. Morgoth's basically replies "You can't eat the world, I'm going to ''rule'' it!"