![]() ![]() When Gollum attacks Frodo on the slopes of Mount Doom, Frodo So anyway, words and will and magic rings. Their response, in a nutshell, is “Have you been paying attention? We have been using our magic to fight him, it’s just so vast and invisible you don’t see it.” They even say as much at the Council of Elrond when Boromir challenges the wizards and elf-lords to use their magic rings to help fight the war against the Dark Lord. And for the most part, it’s vast and invisible. Words and will and magically-imbued items. ![]() Magic in Lord of the Rings is words, like when Gandalf speaks special magic words to light fires or open doors. We’re used to thinking of magic as being class-restricted, even race-restricted, dependent on magical gas tanks and fancy components.īut magic in the Lord of the Rings is, with a few exceptions, not like that. Visibly, flashy effects, rather than more subtle and invisible forces It, because we’re so desensitized by D&D-style magic with immediate, The Instagram account middleearth_official posted an edited version of the scene where Aragorn was swapped with Ricardo Milos (shown below) on June 2nd, 2019, and received 1,881 likes.This was so obvious when I realized it, but I think most people miss On June 22, 2017, another image macro meme was uploaded to the Funny section of 9GAG under the title, “Who the hell is Frodo?” The post received 74 points and two comments. On Reddit, an r/photoshopbattles thread from September 29th, 2016, spawned an edited version of the scene dubbed “Star War of the Ring – Aragorn vs TR-8R.” Redditor LVMagnus posted the image (seen below) in the chain and received 24 upvotes. On July 28th, 2013, Soup.io (an Austrian social site) user Isjaki posted a version (seen below) referencing the death of Sean Bean’s character Ned Stark from the TV show Game of Thrones, and it was subsequently reposted by numerous users on the site.Īn image macro variant (shown below) was made by an unknown user on Imgflip in 2015 with the bottom text “Leeroy Jenkins!” in reference to the World of Warcraft meme and was viewed 686 times. On January 8th, 2013, an unknown user on Imgur uploaded an edit of the scene (shown below) with the caption “For Frodo” changed to “Yolo.” ![]() Though various images of the scene appear online several times before it was used as a meme, some of the earliest examples come from 2013. He then turns away from Sauron’s gaze and says, “For Frodo,” as he leads the charge and rushes into the opposing forces. Aragorn delivers his epic speech, emboldening the warriors, and dismounts his horse before turning to his companions and drawing his sword Andúril. The gate then opens and the army begins to surround the forces of good as they exchange worried looks of despair. The original clip the meme is pulled from is seen during the third and final Lord of the Rings movie, The Return of the King, specifically near the ending when the final battle for Middle Earth is underway and the remnants of humanity march towards Mordor to distract Sauron, thus providing Frodo and Sam a chance to sneak into Mount Doom so they can destroy the One Ring.ĭuring the scene (featured below), members of the Fellowship are gathered around the Black Gate alongside the remaining warriors of Gondor and Rohan in what is essentially a suicide mission to provoke Sauron and his orc army into leaving the lands of Mordor. ![]()
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