Yeah I read that in elementary school, then I kept reading and eventually moved on to nontiction. You don’t have to be eager to do things that are unpleasant but entirely necessary. Gandalf went on to deal out a shitload of death and judgement, all of which was entirely necessary to reach his goal.
There’s no amount of “adult perspective” that’s gonna change LoTR into anything other than a war story, yes actually a lot of people die in it, learn to read dumbass
But you weren’t talking about people dying. You were talking about Gandalf ‘dealing out a shitload of death and judgement’.
Which, he has, like, one of the lowest body counts in the book, dude. He killed that stupid Balrog after it tried to murder his friends. Maybe a few of the Minas Tirith invaders? But most of that fight he was trying to save Faramir.
And the only person he ‘passed judgement on’ was Saruman, and that was only after an okay from the higher-ups. And all he did then was kick him out of the wizards. That’s it.
Kinda think maybe you should learn to read. Or maybe learn the joy of re-reading.
I did, and learned that Gandalf definitively is a fictional character so someone using him to explain non-fictional world doesn’t appear particularly bright.
Yeah I read that in elementary school, then I kept reading and eventually moved on to nontiction. You don’t have to be eager to do things that are unpleasant but entirely necessary. Gandalf went on to deal out a shitload of death and judgement, all of which was entirely necessary to reach his goal.
Um… what? Yeah, you might want to go back and re-read LOTR from an adult perspective. Seems you missed a lot.
See, though, for me it’s the people that say
That worry me the most. Who, exactly, are we being required to kill, here?
There’s no amount of “adult perspective” that’s gonna change LoTR into anything other than a war story, yes actually a lot of people die in it, learn to read dumbass
But you weren’t talking about people dying. You were talking about Gandalf ‘dealing out a shitload of death and judgement’.
Which, he has, like, one of the lowest body counts in the book, dude. He killed that stupid Balrog after it tried to murder his friends. Maybe a few of the Minas Tirith invaders? But most of that fight he was trying to save Faramir.
And the only person he ‘passed judgement on’ was Saruman, and that was only after an okay from the higher-ups. And all he did then was kick him out of the wizards. That’s it.
Kinda think maybe you should learn to read. Or maybe learn the joy of re-reading.
Gandalf was directly involved in killing people you fucking moron
Looks to me like you haven’t moved yet to non-fiction.
Why, because I remember what I’ve read previously? Do you not?
You seem to have problem mixing up fiction with non fiction when talking about the real world.
Learn to read
I did, and learned that Gandalf definitively is a fictional character so someone using him to explain non-fictional world doesn’t appear particularly bright.
Using fiction to explain reality is a fairly common educational technique, you’re obviously unfamiliar with it because you are completely uneducated