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Rush order (lemmy.world)
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[–] 85 points 2 years ago (21 children)

Nah fuck this army I'm gonna go recruit some immortal ghost soldiers instead. Do whatever you want with these I'm out.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (20 children)

    That... That right there made me hate the entire trilogy.. So we're slowly overwhelmed, we're slowly losing and being killed and the situation is so dire and... Oh there is the immortal deux ex machina guys just trampling over the enemy killing them all in a minute aaaaand we're done!

    It was so anti climactic

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Agreed, I had the same thoughts with Oppenheimer. They just invent a big scary bomb and that ends the war? What an anti-climatic ending.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Kinda like the war. Island hoping through the Pacific theater for ages, then they just drop two extre spicy bombs and the whole deal is done

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    To be fair the entire army itself was just a distraction so that frodo could destroy the ring. The ghosts weren't what caused them to win, they just prevented the death of the bait.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right but, why bother with smoke and mirrors when you have an immortal unbeatable army in the first place.

    Even in the book its not really explained why the oathbreakers only help out for one fight; the only difference is in the books they never actually go to Minas Tirith they just help against the corsairs.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Presumably Sauron could've destroyed the ghosts, he was just a little distracted at that time frame, or not yet able or willing to face them directly. Like the Eagles, they can't really tackle the Sauron problem, so aren't as much of a solve as they appear.

    Also the reason they only fight in the final battle I think is because that is the only battle they're bound to fight in, I'm not even sure you could use them to fight any other battle than against Sauron's armies.

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  • [+] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Basically, yes.

    In the books it was just that they would only answer to Isldur’s Heir. They also scared the Corsairs of Umbar away from their ships, but it was an army of Dunadain (along with a few elves, like Elrond’s sons) that actually ran them off permanently, so they could use the ships to bring some of the Gondorians in the south back north to join the main battle.

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    • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Give each guy two spears. Now you have twice the spears and you didn't even have to find more guys.

    Contact me for more tips on defeating dark lords.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe they have plenty of guys but not enough spears? 6000 spearheads is a lot of work for 3 days. Ask any blacksmith!

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago*

    TBH it's really easy to find spearmen if you have the spears. They require vastly less training than a swordsman or shieldbearer.

    "Keep the pointy end towards the enemy at all times."

    "Sir, I'm a seasoned wheat farmer, I know how point sticks work thank you very much."

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What would you do if you had 6000 spears and your high maintenance royal friend says it's one third of what he hoped for?

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    • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is a good sword.

    It's a piece of shit, Aragorn, and you know it. Stop gaslighting people.

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    [–] 41 points 2 years ago

    I mean...the only way you could get more spears in less time is if you made some kind of pact with an army of undead!

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    [–] 31 points 2 years ago*

    Théoden: "What do you expect of me? Run down to some cave and conjure up an undead army?"

    Aragorn: brb

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So he was hoping for at least 12002 spears.

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    • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Aragorn you ungrateful bitch

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

    Weren't both of the first 2 lines from Theoden?

    Edit: https://youtu.be/0FtLgOygkJ4?si=qZfrCKvsg5k3gbW2?t=49s

    Begins at 49 seconds - can't get the timestamp linking to work.

    Or even better - start at 0:00 on the extended edition of Fellowship and work your way there.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    If I don't remember, does that mean it's time for another rewatch?

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    • [+] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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    • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The village blacksmith worked as hard as he could ok!!

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    • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Hey, you know another thing like this post comes to a new light, knowing that aragorn is OLDER than the king

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Is that Bill Bailey?! https://www.arenaentertainments.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bill-bailey-425x312.jpg

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    He's a badass. When your battlecry is "DEATH!" You know some shits about to happen .

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