Monday, April 27, 2026

but...

Something's not quite right with this joke. If I remember correctly, the massive attack was meant to be a distraction, not a rescue, so that Frodo and Sam could pass relatively unimpeded. No? The joke doesn't quite work. It's disanalogous.

I suppose you could counterargue that the spirit of the attack was the same as the US military's "leave no one behind" ethos: In the LOTR story, armies clash for the sake of the two little hobbits, even if the goal isn't rescue. "For Frodo." (Sorry, Sam—you're chopped liver.)




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Posted by Kevin Kim at 4/27/2026 08:00:00 AM

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  1. CharlesApril 27, 2026 at 9:15:00 AM GMT+9

    Yeah, kind of disappointing from an account that calls itself Daily Gondor. Then again, if I'm not mistaken, isn't that Wormtongue in the profile pic? Perhaps he is once again deliberately sowing misinformation.

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