“It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt I will ever be free of the pain.
Yet even as I write it has cooled and seemed to shrink.”
Some elf probably sings a four page song about it and the mystical spring from whence the water was drawn and the dwarvish mine that issued forth the finest baby oil that were incorporated into it's making.
I always thought it was the possessing, rather than the wearing, that was the thing with the ring. 'It's mine' is so much more the problem than 'it fits'.
The book makes this explicitly clear I believe. Or possibly some other Tolkien writings do. Either way it's firmly established as factual that the ring alters itself to ensure whoever picks it up believes it fits perfectly.
It would help if we could picture someone who looked like you, but who seemed tiny next to normal sized people. I don't know if @joetwyman.bsky.social has any thoughts.
Hey I don't know anything about lord of the rings but I just wanted to say yes. Yes I feel very strongly that I would, and I would worry for the child visiting Scotland generally. I'm actually surprised at how strongly I feel about this, it's the most passionate I've been about anything in ages.
making yourself the centre of attention then leaving without saying goodbye to a single person is actually ideal party behaviour, we should call it Bilbo-maxxing and teach the kids to do it
hate to hand it to them but being a Nazgul actually sounds really fun, I'd love to be given some little missions and ride around on blinged out horses with my eight friends
do we think the people of Middle Earth saying Mordor with the rolled r are as annoying as English speakers here doing that thing with the c when they say Barcelona
Wait until you get to the names in The Silmarillion: Ered Gorgoroth (ok, Gorgoroth is also in LotR), Nargothrond, Dagor Bragollach, Nan Dungortheb, etc.
Olly brought it up at dinner yesterday so the whole family is involved now. We’re currently at a point where we think it’d be fine as a middle name but not as a first name
Yes, but he must use the tincture of elven lube, crafted in the glade of Falúmbring in the solstice dawn by Nolofinwë Thúlë, daughter of... OH FOR FUCKS SAKE IS THERE ANY CHEESE LEFT
It's a magic ring. It resizes itself as needed. Notice that it not only fit Sauron but also Bilbo and Frodo. Sauron save the lube for other things. Have you seen his crown?
The correct answer is that SAURON was secretly a hobbit.
But no one wants to admit it and claim the ring changes size(a scene in the movie ext cut shows this very thing), but given the ring's history of bearers being like 80% hobbits, it's pretty clear SAURON was a hobbit.
I understand, but lack personal experience, that putting a ring on can cause swelling and make it difficult to take off - often then requiring lube, Swarfega, washing up liquid through to amputation by Elendil & Narsil - depending on the circum-stances?
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“It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt I will ever be free of the pain.
Yet even as I write it has cooled and seemed to shrink.”
It does indeed change size.
Christ, I know that bit of by heart.
"it did not seem always of the same size or weight; it shrank or expanded in an odd way, and might suddenly slip off a finger where it had been tight"
But maybe Tolkien mentions lube in The Silmarillion, idk
By the time he had a daughter, he knew this was not a good idea.
Wait until you get to the names in The Silmarillion: Ered Gorgoroth (ok, Gorgoroth is also in LotR), Nargothrond, Dagor Bragollach, Nan Dungortheb, etc.
"This train terminates at Mordor".
We’re still not decided on this question
Yet has no effect on Bombadil of course.
But no one wants to admit it and claim the ring changes size(a scene in the movie ext cut shows this very thing), but given the ring's history of bearers being like 80% hobbits, it's pretty clear SAURON was a hobbit.