Baby Bilbo.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The LOTR armor was so good. I had some criticisms when I first saw it but twenty years later after seeing the hideous armor in game of thrones and other ips i recognize that the armor in lotr was just beautifully, lovingly constructed and designed. The Elves at the War of the Last Alliance just look so fucking cool. The Gondorians and Rohirrim have great armor that evokes their culture. The different groups of orcs and goblins all have distinctive armor in their own styles. It just looks so good.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I'm willing to give Hobbit a little bit of a pass only because you have 12 dwarves and they need to be somewhat distinct looking.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          They took a book smaller than any of the core LotR series and stretched it like taffy until it produced a six hour long schlock.

          The need to make each dwarf a viable spin-off character was entirely manufactured.

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            2 years ago

            It wa so bad, and so disapointing. The Hobbit is such a cute, fun little adventure story and they turned it in to this ugly fake epic mess with cringe zionist undertones. Blegh.

            • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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              2 years ago

              One reason why I love '77 cartoon. A tight 78 minutes. Good art. Good music. Good voice acting. It hits all the high notes. Also, admittedly, tons of childhood nostalgia attached to it.

          • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            Dwalin & Balin

            Kili & Fili

            Dori, Nori, & Ori,

            Oin & Gloin,

            Bifur, Bofur & Bombur,

            and Thorin

            We really need to showcase how beautiful and unique each and every one of these characters is.

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Half of their names he lifted from the Edda, in a setting where almost everyone else has a meaningful name in one of his conlangs.