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[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 124 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Actually Frodo was in his 30s when he received the Ring, he was in his 50s when he left the Shire...
Sorry to bother, I'll crawl back in my hill-dug home now

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The real problem is when frodo is asking this question and it could be anywhere between ~30 and ~50... the age relationship between frodo and bilbo is incorrecr. it should be either 111 - 30 or 131 and 50

Edit: just remembered, frodo was 33 when he got the ring. On the books, some invetees to bilbos party where pissed off cause they felt like they were invited just to cover the 144 main guests (adding both bilbo's and frodo's age at the time)

[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

Unless math works differently in Middle Earth, that is exactly what I meant

[-] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

I appreciate you

[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

I appreciate your correction!

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 78 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Iā€™ve heardā€”from another (admittedly biased and inconsistent) source close to the matterā€”that OP is wicked, tricksy, and perhaps even false.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Nasty and filthy, even.

[-] Dusktracer@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

You son of a Took, keep it!

[-] Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee 26 points 10 months ago

Imagine the age gap relationship posts that we'd see in the LOTR universe.

[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 28 points 10 months ago

In fact I hate when in Moria Gandalf says "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us"
You're literally 2K years old, fuck you dude

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

Quite a bit older, if you count more than his physical form.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Dudes pissed on trees longer than whole generations have been alive.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Half of an age - 7 Centuries

[-] efrique@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

took me a minute. Still waking up. The Bilbo Frodo age diff is 111-33, though so if this is Frodo at 50, Bilbo is older than 111 at the time of writing

[-] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

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White text on dark blue background reading: "My uncle (111 M) gifted me (50 M) a ring before leaving to go travelling. A close family friend (2,019 M) told me to destroy the ring due to problematic associations with the jeweller who made it, but the ring is precious to me and I would feel guilty throwing it away. AITA?"

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[-] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 14 points 10 months ago
[-] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

Bilbo (111 M) gives the ring of power to Frodo (50 M) who is told by Gandalf (2019 M) it must be destroyed because Sauron (jeweler) is a douche

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago
[-] H2207@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What's with the numbers, are they 2019 years old? 2019 miles/metres away? The numbers, what do they mean?!

[-] Gimly@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

It's their age and sex, Gandalf is indeed 2049 years old during the events of the Lords of the ring.

[-] H2207@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I feel dumb, how did I not notice?

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

It's alright, I thought it was net worth at first.

[-] aman25ta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago
[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

You think Gandalf ever had sex in those 2019 years? I mean, he probably has the equipment for the job and we know that wizards can enjoy the pleasures of mortals, such as smoking halfling weeds. He probably has at least made it to second base

[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Statistically speaking he must have.
How he couldn't? I mean not even an orc?

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The Valar can marry, which implies romantic love. (Although it seems like they don't have children the normal way.) So I think the Maiar experience romantic love too. Gandalf doesn't seem like the sort who would talk about it, especially if his partner had been dead for centuries.

But with Tolkien, you never know - apparently elves and humans have only gotten together twice in all the history of the world despite looking like each other and frequently being platonic friends.

Edit: I forgot about Luthien's mom. The Maiar can even have children.

[-] aman25ta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Gandalf has unmatched rizz

So probably yeah

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Mairon was cancelled after they found out he was in an accelerationist doomsday cult.

[-] Vikthor@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Frodo, don't wear the ring!

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