Today's joke, coming out of the question 'Do orcs just think Bilbo's sword always glows?'
"Gorthak, is your spyglass working?"
"It is, and I see the halfling! I recognize the sword, but-"
"But what?"
"But it's not glowing."
"Bullshit. The sword always glows."
"Not this time it doesn't."
"No, no, it can't be the halfling, then. The halfling's sword glows. We've established this. We know this. The sword glows, it's the halfling."
"Well, I'm telling you, the sword is not glowing."
"Listen, Throgar, I am not here for your bullshit today. If the sword is not glowing, it's a different halfling."
"And I'm telling you it is the halfling, and his sword is not glowing."
"Why wouldn't his sword be glowing, then, Throgar? Tell me that."
"I don't know. Maybe he turns it off. The glow keeps him up at night."
"Keeps him up at night? How would he stop it from glowing?"
"Maybe he turns it off."
"HOW WOULD HE TURN IT OFF!?"
"Elf magic."
"Elf. Magic. Throgar, do you even listen to yourself sometimes? Pfft. 'Turns it off.' Next thing you're going to tell me is that Bombadil asshole put on Sauron's ring, thought it was neat, and handed it back..."
The Two Towers is the reason The Lord of the Rings was so successful from an entertainment point of view. Many stories suffer from a weak middle, but Tolkien managed to pull us readers in with iconic character dynamics (Frodo, Sam & Gollum) and immersive environments. This compensates for the slow beginning of the first and the dragging end of the last book, that had to be improved in the movies. For the Two Towers, however, the adaptations didn't need much change. #lotr#Tolkien#TheTwoTowers
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