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Kim_Seong-a
09/18/22 9:37:17 AM
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He's a wizard, he has an appreciation for rocketry, surely he couldve set something up.

"But gandalf was afraid if he held the ring he'd become tempted to be evil/become a gollum/have sweaty old man sex with Sauron/idk"

He doesn't have to physically touch the ring. Make a magic rocket thingy and tell Bulbo McBagpipes to toss it in. Then yell "Thou Sall Pass The Stratosphere!"

Next thing you know the Ring is like, on Mars or in the center of the fucking sun or something. Dont thing orcs and dragons and ring wraiths can fly that high but idk

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rodu_jr
09/18/22 9:37:42 AM
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Sauron still wins in the end
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lilORANG
09/18/22 9:38:08 AM
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The ring always comes home

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LeCh0nk
09/18/22 9:39:29 AM
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You think the sun is hotter than dragon fire? He could have launched it into that.

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Kim_Seong-a
09/18/22 9:39:56 AM
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lilORANG posted...
The ring always comes home

The ring is a dumb fuck moron bitch. Spent decades lost in a pond and had to wait till some lame hobbit found it before it could even move.

Unless it lands on a planet with a space-faring civilization then everything's gucci

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MabusIncarnate
09/18/22 9:40:39 AM
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Lmao and just hand it over to Space Sauron?

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Ricemills
09/18/22 9:42:14 AM
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why was Gandalf, the wisest of the fellowship, doesn't simply eat the ring?

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EmbraceOfDeath
09/18/22 9:47:23 AM
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In Jumanji they could have done that too. Actually a surprising amount of problems can be solved by launching them into space.

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Foppe
09/18/22 9:51:09 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/3/AAA_aCAADr81.jpg
I punch the ring!

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itachi15243
09/18/22 9:53:47 AM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
The ring is a dumb fuck moron bitch. Spent decades lost in a pond and had to wait till some lame hobbit found it before it could even move.

Unless it lands on a planet with a space-faring civilization then everything's gucci

What if it immediately gets hit by commit or something and gets knocked straight back to earth though.

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The_Popo
09/18/22 10:01:26 AM
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Sauron was a big fiery eye.

The Sun is therefore likely also a different part of Sauron.

Dont launch the ring out by Sauron.

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Kim_Seong-a
09/18/22 10:08:12 AM
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itachi15243 posted...
What if it immediately gets hit by commit or something and gets knocked straight back to earth though.

They just have to aim it away from any comets

The_Popo posted...
Sauron was a big fiery eye.

The Sun is therefore likely also a different part of Sauron.

Dont launch the ring out by Sauron.

Technically the sun isn't fire, it's nuclear gas So unless the Eye of Sauron is just his asshole after a bad batch of Taco Bell I think we're safe.

...do you think they have tacos in Middle Earth?

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CelestialVoices
09/19/22 8:43:32 PM
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what does he look like, uncle rico?

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Complete_Idi0t
09/19/22 8:44:15 PM
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Middle earth is flat wake up sheeple
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Murphiroth
09/19/22 8:46:41 PM
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Complete_Idi0t posted...
Middle earth is flat wake up sheeple

Middle Earth was flat, until it wasn't.
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DrizztLink
09/19/22 8:48:16 PM
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Murphiroth posted...
Middle Earth was flat, until it wasn't.
If it wasn't flat, how can it be in the middle?

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Xethuminra
09/19/22 8:50:07 PM
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Would have been completely irresponsible, knowing not where the ring might go
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Hambo
09/19/22 8:58:57 PM
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itachi15243 posted...
What if it immediately gets hit by commit or something and gets knocked straight back to earth though.
Thank you for this mental image. I'm just picturing everyone gathered around as he magicks the ring into space and they're all cheering. Then it crashes back down right in front of them and Gandalf's just like "Well, fuck."

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Dakimakura
09/19/22 8:59:50 PM
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He is a wizard, not a nerd.

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MedeaLysistrata
09/19/22 9:00:14 PM
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Hambo posted...
Thank you for this mental image. I'm just picturing everyone gathered around as he magicks the ring into space and they're all cheering. Then it crashes back down right in front of them and Gandalf's just like "Well, fuck."
Wow this was a huge error

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DrizztLink
09/19/22 9:00:22 PM
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Hambo posted...
Thank you for this mental image. I'm just picturing everyone gathered around as he magicks the ring into space and they're all cheering. Then it crashes back down right in front of them and Gandalf's just like "Well, fuck."
The rocket explodes, The Ring flies across the land and lands perfectly in Mount Doom.

Gandalf spends the rest of his life pretending he did it on purpose.

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Kim_Seong-a
09/19/22 9:02:18 PM
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Xethuminra posted...
Would have been completely irresponsible, knowing not where the ring might go

I mean realistically where is it gonna go? Is it gonna fall in the lap of an aztek rock man? Is it gonna get picked up by Voyager? >_>

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Hambo
09/19/22 9:02:23 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
The rocket explodes, The Ring flies across the land and lands perfectly in Mount Doom.

Gandalf spends the rest of his life pretending he did it on purpose.
XD The greatest trick shot of all time.

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Pitlord_Special
09/19/22 9:03:35 PM
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Sauron wouldve discovered the space program before they finished building and launching their rocket and destroyed it with the Nazgul

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Kim_Seong-a
09/19/22 9:06:36 PM
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Pitlord_Special posted...
Sauron wouldve discovered the space program before they finished building and launching their rocket and destroyed it with the Nazgul

Do you seriously think I would explain my master stroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome? Iaunched the rocket 35 minutes ago.

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Xethuminra
09/19/22 9:06:49 PM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
I mean realistically where is it gonna go? Is it gonna fall in the lap of an aztek rock man? Is it gonna get picked up by Voyager? >_>
On a long enough timescale, anything is possible. Then, he also has no chance of destroying it later, or using it, which he was evidently tempted to
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Homeless_Waifu
09/19/22 9:09:18 PM
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Dakimakura posted...
He is a wizard, not a nerd.
That's not what people say about 30 year old nerds

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Devilanse333
09/19/22 9:30:30 PM
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Gandalf launches ring into space...Kilngons end up with it. Federation finished.
A Predator finds it, galaxy hunted to extinction.
The aliens from Independence Day find it, Welcome to Earth.

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Freddie_Mercury
09/19/22 9:33:22 PM
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CelestialVoices posted...
what does he look like, uncle rico?


"how much you want to bet I can throw a football over them mountains of moria"

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Pitlord_Special
09/19/22 9:33:30 PM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
Do you seriously think I would explain my master stroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome? Iaunched the rocket 35 minutes ago.


Fine, Sauron steals the space technology for himself and Mordors space program builds a faster rocket that catches up with the one launched earlier and sends the ring back to Middle Flat-Earth and LoTR is an allegory for the space race

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DrizztLink
09/19/22 9:35:10 PM
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Pitlord_Special posted...
LoTR is an allegory for the space race
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Foppe
09/20/22 1:08:54 AM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
I mean realistically where is it gonna go? Is it gonna fall in the lap of an aztek rock man? Is it gonna get picked up by Voyager? >_>
A meteorite will hit it, it will fall down back to the Middle Earth.

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haloiscoolisbak
09/20/22 1:18:38 AM
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He could have stuffed the ring up his ring

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Ricemills
09/20/22 1:26:25 AM
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why didn't anyone used the one ring as their cock ring?

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HornyLevel
09/20/22 1:26:46 AM
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They had to destroy the Ring because it contained a part of Sauron in it. It would be too risky to just shoot that off into space.

Also, I think the place Morgoth was banished to is considered space, so it wouldn't be a good idea to leave that open. Though I doubt the Ring would be of any use to Morgoth.

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Letron_James
09/20/22 1:44:01 AM
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Sending something that light into space would require so much kenetic energy it is impossible logically, even in a univserse with elves.

I always thought that the simplest answer was flying on the eagles. Aka taking the high road as opposed to the grimey/heroic story that was done instead.

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Foppe
09/20/22 2:15:49 AM
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Letron_James posted...
Sending something that light into space would require so much kenetic energy it is impossible logically, even in a univserse with elves.

I always thought that the simplest answer was flying on the eagles. Aka taking the high road as opposed to the grimey/heroic story that was done instead.
You dont want to ride them when they get hungry.

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Zergrush80
09/20/22 2:33:32 AM
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Ricemills posted...
why was Gandalf, the wisest of the fellowship, doesn't simply eat the ring?
Feed the ring to crazy Earl, if he can eat a car with a fork, the ring should be no problem.

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scar_the_1
09/20/22 3:19:10 AM
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I think you're underestimating how much energy would be needed to escape Middle-Earth's gravity. Also, Sauron was winning the war without the Ring. He needed to get dead

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Melchar
09/20/22 3:46:43 AM
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Space in Middle Earth is literally where giant evil spiders spawned from. You're just handing the ring to giant evil spiders.

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Shotgunnova
09/20/22 5:28:08 AM
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Why didn't Gandalf sail to the western lands, buy a mountain, call that Mount Doom, then melt the ring there?

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Xethuminra
09/20/22 5:34:45 AM
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Shotgunnova posted...
Why didn't Gandalf sail to the western lands, buy a mountain, call that Mount Doom, then melt the ring there?
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust and all that

The ring must be destroyed whence it came from
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Irony
09/20/22 5:40:06 AM
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Why didn't he just put it in his butt

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scar_the_1
09/20/22 6:25:04 AM
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Irony posted...
Why didn't he just put it in his butt
don't tempt him

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