I've never read the books, but it seems pretty well obvious that Aragorn is who they mean when they say "return of the king." I mean, it's not Elvis, right?
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Jesse - Dec 14, 2003 7:14:50 am PST #6233 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nutty - Dec 14, 2003 7:47:30 am PST #6234 of 10005
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No, no, no. It's Sauron who is crowned king. Everyone is enslaved and/or killed, and Middle-earth lives miserably ever after.
(I think advertising alone would make it really hard to remain unspoiled on that front -- he made the cover of Newsweek in full Gondorian war-garb; and except for Sauron, he's sort of the only candidate. The question for the unspoiled will be, hey, do the Gondorians take him out back and shoot him as an upstart? Or he could die tragically in a freak chain-mail accident.)
(Just trying to keep it interesting for those who think knowing the title gives away the ending.)
DavidS - Dec 14, 2003 7:59:20 am PST #6235 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Just trying to keep it interesting for those who think knowing the title gives away the ending.
Tolkien could've prevented this by simply adding a question mark. Return of the King? Maybe...Maybe NOT.
Jeff Mejia - Dec 14, 2003 8:15:41 am PST #6236 of 10005
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Tolkien could've prevented this by simply adding a question mark. Return of the King? Maybe...Maybe NOT.
Tolkien actually wanted to name the third book The War of the Ring, because he did think that RotK did spoil the ending, but he was overruled.
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Steph L. - Dec 14, 2003 8:16:09 am PST #6237 of 10005
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I've never read the books, but it seems pretty well obvious that Aragorn is who they mean when they say "return of the king." I mean, it's not Elvis, right?
Not Elvis?!? Well, I have no reason to see it now.
bon bon - Dec 14, 2003 8:44:17 am PST #6238 of 10005
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think advertising alone would make it really hard to remain unspoiled on that front -- he made the cover of Newsweek in full Gondorian war-garb
You'll just have to trust me when I say that full Gondorian war-garb = not much of a spoiler to the unspoiled.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2003 8:56:14 am PST #6239 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But anyway, even if he returns at the beginning, only to be defeated, I'm going to take an unspoiled stance and say King=Aragorn is not a spoiler.
Allyson - Dec 14, 2003 12:50:24 pm PST #6240 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Hate to be a killjoy, but new threads frighten me, right now. Should we not wait til we're on the new server and healthy, rather than satiate threadlust?
DebetEsse - Dec 14, 2003 1:03:08 pm PST #6241 of 10005
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Would closing a thread and opening a new one be a resource-drain? t /does not know much about such things
Allyson - Dec 14, 2003 1:15:58 pm PST #6242 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
We just opened Good Riddance, so this would be an additional thread, no?