I’m a well-informed Hobbit—a Boffin from Overhill, thank you very much—who is in a kerfuffle about whom to throw my Hobbit-sized support behind. Fo...

I’m torn. Both Galadriel and Sauron say the other is a threat to Middle-earth. One has to be wrong, so whom am I to trust? Should I trust the Dark Lord who attempted to topple the White City of Gondor, dominate all life, and attempt to stay in power for eternity? Or do I trust the Elf Queen representing the coalition of Men and Elves who defeated Sauron when he tried to enslave the Free Peoples… but could maybe do more meet-and-greets?

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Okay but the real question being asked is “which of the two should we give the One Ring too?”

    And the answer may surprise you!

    • Orvorn@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      20 days ago

      Literally the message of Tolkien’s writing, yes. The good guys sought to destroy power, not wield it.