• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    1 month ago

    It was forged by a being that was super old and didn’t have any death on the horizon like mortals have, and had cruelty, malice, and a will to dominate all life poured into it by another nearly-immortal being. It sat for two and a half thousand years doing diddly squat, passing out of all knowledge.

    My point is, it’s patient.

    What’s 500 years when compared with eternity?

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      1 month ago

      Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but it sounds like you’re saying Celebrimbor forged the one ring, and Sauron poured his malice into it. That’s incorrect: the one was Sauron’s creation, which he made using the knowledge he gained from assisting in the forging of the seven and the nine.

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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        1 month ago

        Brain fart! You are correct, I was thinking Celebrimbor forged the One Ring with Sauron.

        Guess that just mean it’s time to reread. Oh noooooooooo

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        1 month ago

        Yeah, I always have a tough time telling if Kreacher was an Uncle Ruckus or if Dobby was a traitor and deviant to his people.

        Like, we think of it as Dobby (or any House Elf) being released from slavery, but I wonder if it is more like being a Ronin.

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          It’s supposed to be a commentary on internalized racism and cultural inertia but, because Rowling is a bit of a goof, she made it sound like racial essentialism instead.

          Hermione and Dobby are not the weirdos, society is.