The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down115
arrow-up1632arrow-down1external-linkTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up114·2 years agoWhat should we call this being so powerful and mysterious as to be completely unaffected by the one ring? Tom
minus-squaresynae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·2 years agoHow about this really old talking tree guy? Treebeard! And the huge volcano mountain that is the source of the evil artifact? Mount Doom, naturally
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 years agoWeird common human slang names for Fangorn and Orodruin/Amon Amarth
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 years agoHuman: “‘Treebeard’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Fangorn’ sounds exotic!” Elf: “‘Fangorn’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Treebeard’ sounds exotic!”
minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThat explains why “Cry of the Black Birds” was on the official soundtrack.
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoAbout to name my next child Humanbeard
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 years agoTo be fair, he has other, more exotic-sounding names. Tom Bombadil is the name the hobbits gave him.
What should we call this being so powerful and mysterious as to be completely unaffected by the one ring?
Tom
How about this really old talking tree guy?
Treebeard!
And the huge volcano mountain that is the source of the evil artifact?
Mount Doom, naturally
Weird common human slang names for Fangorn and Orodruin/Amon Amarth
Human: “‘Treebeard’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Fangorn’ sounds exotic!”
Elf: “‘Fangorn’? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, ‘Treebeard’ sounds exotic!”
That explains why “Cry of the Black Birds” was on the official soundtrack.
?
About to name my next child Humanbeard
To be fair, he has other, more exotic-sounding names. Tom Bombadil is the name the hobbits gave him.