it was rumoured that she devoured herself. somehow, if she had still existed, i doubt anyone stumbling across her abode would live to tell the tale ...
"Shelob was gone; and whether she lay long in her lair, nursing her malice and her misery, and in slow years of darkness healed herself from within, rebuilding her clustered eyes, until with hunger like death she spun once more her dreadful snares in the glens of the Mountain of Shadow, this tale does not tell." - Don't think she died
At the same time Tolkien also didn't shy away from pointing out how incredibly destructive evil was to everything around it. Good triumphs but the price is very high.
Another example of evil self-destructing that I've seen somewhere is the Witch King's desecration of the Dunedain Lords' tombs during the war between Arnor and Angmar. These spirits that disturbed the buried corpses attracted the hobbits and nearly killed them but ultimately led to Tom Bombabil giving the Barrows' sword to Merry.... which led to the Witch King losing his invulnerability and dying.
"But one must face the fact: the power of Evil in the world is not finally resistible by incarnate creatures, however 'good'; and the Writer of the Story is not one of us." -Letter 191 In the end, Eru is the one who set up the world in a way where Frodo remaining good (sparing Gollum) led to Evil destroying itself (Gollum falling into the fire). I'm not religious, but I really like Tolkien's analogy of God as the Writer of the universe's Story. He uses it in texts published in Nature of Middle-earth to explain Free Will, too.
I will always remember how I got to the same conclusion when I read that Morgoth was in a constant intense pain by wearing the silmarils on his crown but he refuses to take it off. I thought: "what a sad petty entitiy he is"
Dude, I've been here since your first vid an you continue the tradition of inserting a ton of interesting angles based on hard gleaned new truths "filling the corners" for fan knowledge and understanding without getting drownded in the details. Most people leave satisfied every time (the rest are just orcs), Keep 'em coming, bro!
Sauron does it himself during the second age to great affect. As his forging of the one, his role in destruction of Numenor and his attack on Gondor post numenor destruction were all acts of evil that backfired on him in one way or another to his detriment.
I too think Evil destroyed itself when the ring was destroyed...After Sam's vision on Mt Doom this happens. "before it stood stern, untouchable now by pity, a figure robed in white, but at its breast it held a wheel of fire. Out of the fire there spoke a commanding voice. ‘Begone, and trouble me no more! If you touch me ever again, you shall be cast yourself into the Fire of Doom." Directly afterwards Gollum claims the ring and falls into the fire. The ring inadvertently commands Gollum to destroy himself if he touched it which in turn destroyed the Ring. In a way Frodo predicting this also means he destroyed the Ring in directly too through the oath Gollum swore as he said "such would be my command" and It was after the ring removed his pity.
Just look at Frodo for example. Like Isildur 2000 years before him, Sauron's ring finally takes over after a long & arduous journey from the Shire to Mt. Doom at Mordor. However, Gollum/Smeagol, the ring's first victim proceeds to ambush & maul Frodo, getting both of them into a struggle for who shall the "owner" of the ring until Gollum/Smeagol & the ring fall into Mt. Doom's lava. This shows that Sauron's evil in that moment (i.e., the pettiness & greed both Smeagol & Frodo show towards each other during their fight) ultimately leads to Sauron's demise as both Hobbits' lack of consideration for him lead to the ring falling down below into the deep fiery depths in the first place, ending the War of the Ring and his own life.
Beautiful video on a beautiful topic, read the books for the first time last year and somehow this truth dawned on me subconsciously as I was reading the books. Specifically in the interactions of the orcs and Saruman’s story arc, they put themselves and their own selfish desires ahead of working with others, which will inherently always make you weaker than if you were working and collaborating with other people for a common goal. It’s just a truth of the universe but wasn’t made plain to me until I read Tolkien.
Before the creation of the world, Eru told Melkor that everything comes from Eru, and that included the loud, violent, vain and repetitive music of Melkor. Later in the Silmarillion, the text says that without the Noldor's rebellion, their story would have been diminished. Evil exists because Eru wished it to exist. Evil's existence allowed people in Middle-Earth to do great deeds, which allowed authors to write great stories. Tolkien wrote in the Hobbit that when life is peaceful, stories get boring, which is why the 2 weeks Bilbo passed in Rivendell were not chronicled.
"No one is beyond redemption" "No one is so pure that they are safe from falling into evil" "Evil always destrys itself" I wish, with all my heart, that J.R.R.T. was right. I think that the last few weeks and the nightmare of hate announced do not support that wish.
This is what I like about Tolkien TBH, while I am all for Grey and Morally dubious characters but often we forget that Evil is often the Easy and Irrational Route, People who are Trully bad often in the end destroy themselves because they are selfish, paranoid and far more importantly insecure and prideful, in the end doing only evil in the end is going to eat itself.
This is all part of the greater plan of Eru Ilúvatar. "For thee saw beyond and thy shall let it play" Melkor is the engine that drives the motion of things. Without force at hand, Arda is a blank canvas with same old color. The Valars did their work but their shaping is just endless beauty and perfection. Something the vision from the music was lacking. Destruction and chaos lead to the world we know. Evil is bad but it's the guiding gear to new ways and newer paths. Without evil, there's only stagnation.
Touching on this subject to some degree, regarding Melkor, it is also stated in The Silmarillion by Iluvatar (Eru): "And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined." And shortly thereafter: "Ilúvatar said again: 'Behold your Music! This is your minstrelsy; and each of you shall find contained herein, amid the design that I set before you, all those things which it may seem that he himself devised or added. And thou, Melkor, wilt discover all the secret thoughts of thy mind, and wilt perceive that they are but a part of the whole and tributary to its glory.'" And later on, Iluvatar makes similar comments to Ulmo regarding Melkor.
I think your sardonic style works well for breaking down the philosophy of Tolkien in an entertaining way. My favorite parts of your work have been about the geography and population of Middle Earth, but this video is one of my new favorites.
This is another moment when the movie version gets the point across in a shorter way than the book: "There is only one lord of the ring, only one who can bend it to his will, and he does not share power!"
From the perspective of one who does believe in this type of deity, I look at it the same way as a child looks at electricity: I didn't need to know how electrical currents worked and how the filaments were made to glow in order to produce light, I just knew and trusted that when I flipped the switch, a light would come on. It's the same for all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good deity: I don't have to understand every aspect of who He is or how His plan works, only know and trust that if He cared enough to offer Himself in our stead, and that He does have a plan to save all who can be saved and to turn all things (even tragedies and deeds done with evil intent) to a good end, then He is worth trusting in, even if it seems confusing or frustrating at times.
Two questions I wonder about :did the ring keep Frodo and Sam and Gollum alive on the journey to Mt Doom? And did Gandalf want to bring Merry and Pippin as decoys for Frodo and Sam?
Whereas evil is a negative destructive force which tends to rely on manipulation to rule by finite created beings and is temporary, good is a positive constructive force which is built at a fundamental level on God’s laws and love which are eternal. Evil when left to itself will ultimately turn on itself and destroy itself because of its inherently destructive and selfish nature, whereas good when left to itself will build on itself and survive due to its inherently constructive nature and it produces positive environments that are worth living in. 😊
It’s understandable that you don’t want to wade into Waters like theology, thereby risking being drowned by comments from their Watchers. One thing that (nearly) all of us LOTR fans will agree with, though, is that there are things that some things are “good” because there is Good outside of our control/opinion. Similar to the way that the rules of mathematics or chemistry or physics can only be discovered and never created. The virtues that you mentioned, like mercy and loyalty (to Good) are great examples. Discerning which things are “good”, and how Good exists at all, is where things get… complicated.
As a conservative traditionalist I use this philosophy in my daily life to never abandon my principles. Tolkien and Lewis are bedrocks in a postmodern world.
This statement equally applies to the British Empire friend. They went from ruling a quarter of the world’s entire landmass (“sun never sets on the British Empire”) to ruling only the tiny island after being cucked by 90% of their former colonies. Acting as if Germany is the ultimate cautionary tale is extremely short sighted and arrogant.
One minute into the video, and I have to write a comment about Gríma throwing the Palantír away. This is to me one of the biggest, if not the biggest plot device used by Tolkien. The Palantír was instrumental to the continuation of the story and he needed a way for the heroes to get it, but they couldnt enter Orthanc because they couldnt have yet a showdown with Saruman. So the idea to make Gríma literally throw it out of the window, which makes zero sense. Ok, he was maybe trying to kill Saruman, but could have do it in many other ways without giving away the most precious object of the tower. As I much as I love Tolkien, I have to notice that sometimes I wrote himself into a corner, and the way to get out wasnt always the most logical.
Yeah, I agree it's a moment of plot construction that strains credibility to the breaking point. JRRT is nearly always much more deft. OTOH it led to some great moments. I think he could have written a better way to get to those points, but it's not like a simple and plausible solution leaps immediately to my mind that takes the Palantir out of Saruman's hands and leaves Saruman in Orthanc. Maybe something involving Saruman leaving the tower with the Palantir before the battle of Helm's Deep, and being forced to abandon it when his forces are suddenly defeated out of the blue. But that's not exactly a simple divergence, and it strays from the theme outlined in the video, a theme which obviously had a powerful attraction to the author.
@@themeangene Why you projecting an emotional state onto me? Calling out coping delusional behaviour is not me being upset. Also you do not even know who these people are, and they are still in power. I can't even name who these people are because it removes my comment, but they belong to a political movement that begins with F. Until they are barred from anything related to culture, they are not going anywhere. People are coping over this, they even deny what the problem is. Been coping for over 10 years, getting defeated time and time again.
A pet peeve of mine when it comes to The Lord of the Rings (and it's long cast shadow over fantasy as a genre that is still very strong) is many of these kinds of cornerstones. I just fundamentally disagree with many of them, or find them in many ways lacking with thought given to these topics.
At the end of the day God is not an arbitrary legalist. Every single restriction is to keep you alive. There is no sin he reserves for himself while telling you to abstain.
The "cool" stuff about evil can be displayed by good, but not indiscreetly. Batman can be a dark terror, but unlike Vader he won't choke you (to death). As cool as they both are on the outside, no one should really want to be Vader (before his redemption).
"Thus may evil often betray itself and do good it does not intend."
I guess a Ring a perfect symbol for the self-destructive nature of evil: the evil deeds evil sets up destroys itself, completing the circle (ring)
Ungoliant consumed herself out of starvation during her solitude. She is her literal destruction.
it was rumoured that she devoured herself. somehow, if she had still existed, i doubt anyone stumbling across her abode would live to tell the tale ...
"Shelob was gone; and whether she lay long in her lair, nursing her malice and her misery, and in slow years of darkness healed herself from within, rebuilding her clustered eyes, until with hunger like death she spun once more her dreadful snares in the glens of the Mountain of Shadow, this tale does not tell." - Don't think she died
@@ne0ndreamer Shelob is not Ungoliant lol
@@Lawrence_Talbot isn't she is a last spawn of Ungoliant, or it doesn't count?
@@ne0ndreamer shelob is a discount ungoliant, similar like sauron is a discount morgoth
At the same time Tolkien also didn't shy away from pointing out how incredibly destructive evil was to everything around it. Good triumphs but the price is very high.
Another example of evil self-destructing that I've seen somewhere is the Witch King's desecration of the Dunedain Lords' tombs during the war between Arnor and Angmar. These spirits that disturbed the buried corpses attracted the hobbits and nearly killed them but ultimately led to Tom Bombabil giving the Barrows' sword to Merry.... which led to the Witch King losing his invulnerability and dying.
Interesting. Can you reference a source? (A quick search and I’m not finding it.) Thanks.
@@glengreen The third chapter of appendice A of The return of the king (french version). Apparently it happened during the great plague...
@ Thanks. I’ll look it up!
I didn't even think of this. That's a great one.
"But one must face the fact: the power of Evil in the world is not finally resistible by incarnate creatures, however 'good'; and the Writer of the Story is not one of us."
-Letter 191
In the end, Eru is the one who set up the world in a way where Frodo remaining good (sparing Gollum) led to Evil destroying itself (Gollum falling into the fire).
I'm not religious, but I really like Tolkien's analogy of God as the Writer of the universe's Story. He uses it in texts published in Nature of Middle-earth to explain Free Will, too.
God as a writer always made sense to me
Not just Frodo; several people had the option of murdering Gollum, but didn't. Bilbo is obvious, but Sam is there as well.
Words of wisdom for our times
I will always remember how I got to the same conclusion when I read that Morgoth was in a constant intense pain by wearing the silmarils on his crown but he refuses to take it off. I thought: "what a sad petty entitiy he is"
Dude, I've been here since your first vid an you continue the tradition of inserting a ton of interesting angles based on hard gleaned new truths "filling the corners" for fan knowledge and understanding without getting drownded in the details. Most people leave satisfied every time (the rest are just orcs), Keep 'em coming, bro!
Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb." ~Dark Helmet
But is it?
@ don’t come at me, take it up with my father's, brother's, nephew's, cousin's, former roommate.
Then evil exultantly monologues, and suddenly the ground game changes.
This is why Amazons RoP was always going to fail
Bad bot
True
Sauron does it himself during the second age to great affect. As his forging of the one, his role in destruction of Numenor and his attack on Gondor post numenor destruction were all acts of evil that backfired on him in one way or another to his detriment.
A... timely and important video. Thank you.
Keep crying woke muppet
Yeah, luckily good finally won
@@GerardDeRideford not in America friend.
Definitely not here.
@@GerardDeRideford you must live in a different timeline
@ definitely in america. Unfortunately the orcs took over europe though
I too think Evil destroyed itself when the ring was destroyed...After Sam's vision on Mt Doom this happens.
"before it stood stern, untouchable now by pity, a figure robed in white, but at its breast it held a wheel of fire. Out of the fire there spoke a commanding voice.
‘Begone, and trouble me no more! If you touch me ever again, you shall be cast yourself into the Fire of Doom."
Directly afterwards Gollum claims the ring and falls into the fire. The ring inadvertently commands Gollum to destroy himself if he touched it which in turn destroyed the Ring. In a way Frodo predicting this also means he destroyed the Ring in directly too through the oath Gollum swore as he said "such would be my command" and It was after the ring removed his pity.
Just look at Frodo for example. Like Isildur 2000 years before him, Sauron's ring finally takes over after a long & arduous journey from the Shire to Mt. Doom at Mordor. However, Gollum/Smeagol, the ring's first victim proceeds to ambush & maul Frodo, getting both of them into a struggle for who shall the "owner" of the ring until Gollum/Smeagol & the ring fall into Mt. Doom's lava. This shows that Sauron's evil in that moment (i.e., the pettiness & greed both Smeagol & Frodo show towards each other during their fight) ultimately leads to Sauron's demise as both Hobbits' lack of consideration for him lead to the ring falling down below into the deep fiery depths in the first place, ending the War of the Ring and his own life.
Beautiful video on a beautiful topic, read the books for the first time last year and somehow this truth dawned on me subconsciously as I was reading the books. Specifically in the interactions of the orcs and Saruman’s story arc, they put themselves and their own selfish desires ahead of working with others, which will inherently always make you weaker than if you were working and collaborating with other people for a common goal. It’s just a truth of the universe but wasn’t made plain to me until I read Tolkien.
Good grows again after Evil visits it. Evil just carries on destroying and never grows anything but more Evil,which in turn destroys.
Al fin tus vídeos doblados al español, me encanta tu contenido
Before the creation of the world, Eru told Melkor that everything comes from Eru, and that included the loud, violent, vain and repetitive music of Melkor. Later in the Silmarillion, the text says that without the Noldor's rebellion, their story would have been diminished.
Evil exists because Eru wished it to exist. Evil's existence allowed people in Middle-Earth to do great deeds, which allowed authors to write great stories. Tolkien wrote in the Hobbit that when life is peaceful, stories get boring, which is why the 2 weeks Bilbo passed in Rivendell were not chronicled.
"No one is beyond redemption"
"No one is so pure that they are safe from falling into evil"
"Evil always destrys itself"
I wish, with all my heart, that J.R.R.T. was right. I think that the last few weeks and the nightmare of hate announced do not support that wish.
Don't be going Denethor on me, mate. God's got this, though it seems dark now.
What?
@ Denethor gave up hope and died without seeing Good (and God) prevail
This is what I like about Tolkien TBH, while I am all for Grey and Morally dubious characters but often we forget that Evil is often the Easy and Irrational Route,
People who are Trully bad often in the end destroy themselves because they are selfish, paranoid and far more importantly insecure and prideful, in the end doing only evil in the end is going to eat itself.
“Aww just let it go :)! Don’t worry! They’ll get what’s coming to them!”
Well, sometimes we have to BE what’s coming to them
Dude this one was a banger. Your channel is awesome
"You don't think it send the message that 'Bad guys have all the fun!'" - Edmund Blackadder to the spirit of xmas.
Amazing video, enjoyed this dive into the themes of the story.
You give us cause to Hope in a dark world!
Or perhaps I should say that Tolkien gives us reason to hope
This is all part of the greater plan of Eru Ilúvatar.
"For thee saw beyond and thy shall let it play"
Melkor is the engine that drives the motion of things. Without force at hand, Arda is a blank canvas with same old color. The Valars did their work but their shaping is just endless beauty and perfection. Something the vision from the music was lacking. Destruction and chaos lead to the world we know. Evil is bad but it's the guiding gear to new ways and newer paths.
Without evil, there's only stagnation.
without evil, what good?
Does a host need its parasite?
Not worth it.
If only billionairs would follow the example.
Touching on this subject to some degree, regarding Melkor, it is also stated in The Silmarillion by Iluvatar (Eru):
"And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined."
And shortly thereafter:
"Ilúvatar said again: 'Behold your Music! This is your minstrelsy; and each of you shall find contained herein, amid the design that I set before you, all those things which it may seem that he himself devised or added. And thou, Melkor, wilt discover all the secret thoughts of thy mind, and wilt perceive that they are but a part of the whole and tributary to its glory.'"
And later on, Iluvatar makes similar comments to Ulmo regarding Melkor.
Nice reminder....
I love the interesting analysis you make about Arda
I think your sardonic style works well for breaking down the philosophy of Tolkien in an entertaining way. My favorite parts of your work have been about the geography and population of Middle Earth, but this video is one of my new favorites.
Wonderful video!
Oft evil will shall evil mar. Truer words have not been spoked, already they are trying to eat each other alive.
*spoken, mpron.
Definitely need this as an American. Thank you for this video.
Yeah it's going to be a long 4 years.
Hopefully only 4.
Good can win. Evil is it's own worst enemy ❤️
Keep the faith 🙏
Liberals are so funny to laugh at
@@tsaralexis9459 we ain't liberals.
Well I'm not at least.
@@Funky-Joe what are you then? Clearly you are very sad and angry about Trump's victory I presume
This is another moment when the movie version gets the point across in a shorter way than the book: "There is only one lord of the ring, only one who can bend it to his will, and he does not share power!"
A comforting thought in these trying times
From the perspective of one who does believe in this type of deity, I look at it the same way as a child looks at electricity: I didn't need to know how electrical currents worked and how the filaments were made to glow in order to produce light, I just knew and trusted that when I flipped the switch, a light would come on. It's the same for all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good deity: I don't have to understand every aspect of who He is or how His plan works, only know and trust that if He cared enough to offer Himself in our stead, and that He does have a plan to save all who can be saved and to turn all things (even tragedies and deeds done with evil intent) to a good end, then He is worth trusting in, even if it seems confusing or frustrating at times.
Two questions I wonder about :did the ring keep Frodo and Sam and Gollum alive on the journey to Mt Doom? And did Gandalf want to bring Merry and Pippin as decoys for Frodo and Sam?
This channel is an absolute treasure (... horde of a great fire drake from the north... Whoops, got a bit carried away there.)
🤓👍
Whereas evil is a negative destructive force which tends to rely on manipulation to rule by finite created beings and is temporary, good is a positive constructive force which is built at a fundamental level on God’s laws and love which are eternal. Evil when left to itself will ultimately turn on itself and destroy itself because of its inherently destructive and selfish nature, whereas good when left to itself will build on itself and survive due to its inherently constructive nature and it produces positive environments that are worth living in. 😊
Satan’s getting jealous of the wolves, the demons say they preferring us
unfortunately timely
Good has many advantages. Let's not give up hope 🙏❤️
It’s understandable that you don’t want to wade into Waters like theology, thereby risking being drowned by comments from their Watchers. One thing that (nearly) all of us LOTR fans will agree with, though, is that there are things that some things are “good” because there is Good outside of our control/opinion. Similar to the way that the rules of mathematics or chemistry or physics can only be discovered and never created. The virtues that you mentioned, like mercy and loyalty (to Good) are great examples. Discerning which things are “good”, and how Good exists at all, is where things get… complicated.
As a conservative traditionalist I use this philosophy in my daily life to never abandon my principles. Tolkien and Lewis are bedrocks in a postmodern world.
Yes
"postmodern world"
well, if in your lifetime you saw Germany essentially destroying itself twice, you'd come to the same conclusion.
As will the U.S. 😂
That’s funny?
Sure cause the whole world knows UK and USA are the good guys right ?
@ You tell me who the 'good guys' are. In the same way I'm aware the CCP do not represent the Chinese people.
This statement equally applies to the British Empire friend. They went from ruling a quarter of the world’s entire landmass (“sun never sets on the British Empire”) to ruling only the tiny island after being cucked by 90% of their former colonies.
Acting as if Germany is the ultimate cautionary tale is extremely short sighted and arrogant.
As we speak.
Great analysis! How do you think this quote about evil connects to Tolkien’s personal experiences and broader philosophical views
One minute into the video, and I have to write a comment about Gríma throwing the Palantír away. This is to me one of the biggest, if not the biggest plot device used by Tolkien.
The Palantír was instrumental to the continuation of the story and he needed a way for the heroes to get it, but they couldnt enter Orthanc because they couldnt have yet a showdown with Saruman.
So the idea to make Gríma literally throw it out of the window, which makes zero sense. Ok, he was maybe trying to kill Saruman, but could have do it in many other ways without giving away the most precious object of the tower.
As I much as I love Tolkien, I have to notice that sometimes I wrote himself into a corner, and the way to get out wasnt always the most logical.
Yeah, I agree it's a moment of plot construction that strains credibility to the breaking point. JRRT is nearly always much more deft. OTOH it led to some great moments. I think he could have written a better way to get to those points, but it's not like a simple and plausible solution leaps immediately to my mind that takes the Palantir out of Saruman's hands and leaves Saruman in Orthanc. Maybe something involving Saruman leaving the tower with the Palantir before the battle of Helm's Deep, and being forced to abandon it when his forces are suddenly defeated out of the blue. But that's not exactly a simple divergence, and it strays from the theme outlined in the video, a theme which obviously had a powerful attraction to the author.
He's a mediocre writer.
@@genovayork2468 you comment every video of this channel insulting and provoking. If you really dont like Tolkien why do you follow it?
@@mdefoe28 Who said I don't like?
Tbh I doubt Worm tongue knew what he was throwing away, Saruman probably didn't tell him.
Great thing about believing in Christ is in the end good wins too
The jist of this is good has to relentlessly keep trying or else chaos only wins.
New video idea what would have happen had the spider devoured Morgoth?
Morgoth would just exist as a spirit.
Middle Earth Mysteries suggestion: why was Edhellond abandoned?
It applies perfectly to the ESG/DEI movement cannibalizing itself right now
Cope harder
Agreed. I'm happy to see people coming to their senses.
@@themeangene they are not going anywhere, cope harder. Something has to be done about them, or they are not going away.
@@misterpinkandyellow74 why are you upset that people are rejecting reverse racism this much?
@@themeangene Why you projecting an emotional state onto me?
Calling out coping delusional behaviour is not me being upset.
Also you do not even know who these people are, and they are still in power.
I can't even name who these people are because it removes my comment, but they belong to a political movement that begins with F.
Until they are barred from anything related to culture, they are not going anywhere.
People are coping over this, they even deny what the problem is. Been coping for over 10 years, getting defeated time and time again.
Several other great examples in the comments, be sure to give them a read.
Wow, I never expected one of these videos to get so...theological.
SPIRITUALIZED
It's Lord of the Rings. That's bound to get theological if you delve deeply enough.
Evil has permanently won, look at life today
Yup, hate will always lose to Love because Love vibrates with greater and higher power and frequency. Politicians never learn from history 😂😂😂.
Revelation 17:16 exemplifies this as it concerns the beast and the harlot and evil destroying itself.
I hope you're right
Schade Schokolade
Not fast enough.
its Christian theology, God and Satan just have different names. we love LOTR because of Christ
A pet peeve of mine when it comes to The Lord of the Rings (and it's long cast shadow over fantasy as a genre that is still very strong) is many of these kinds of cornerstones. I just fundamentally disagree with many of them, or find them in many ways lacking with thought given to these topics.
Lmao people actually projecting this onto Trump like dramatic children when we've been using it to portray the left and globalism for years. 😂
It’s to bad this isn’t actually true
MorGoTh iS jUst AutiStic
At the end of the day God is not an arbitrary legalist. Every single restriction is to keep you alive. There is no sin he reserves for himself while telling you to abstain.
The "cool" stuff about evil can be displayed by good, but not indiscreetly. Batman can be a dark terror, but unlike Vader he won't choke you (to death). As cool as they both are on the outside, no one should really want to be Vader (before his redemption).
Evil is really, really ahead right now.. 😭
for a working modern and real application of this theory look at russia or china LOL
hmm sounds like the trump administration.
It is basically what happened to the democratic party.
Im not giving y'all shit
There is no evil on itself. There is POWER through CONTROL.
The evil vs good is non existant as an external force or self determined.
Keep telling yourself that. Seems like youre just whistling in the dark.