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=== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ===
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' does this to me on a semi-regular basis, but the one that I realized this morning is so simple that it should have struck me years ago: nine members of the fellowship, nine black riders, nine rings... and nine fingers on Frodo's hands when he finishes his journey. In the end, ''everything'' bows to symbolism.
** Sauron also has nine fingers after the one with the ring gets cut off.
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* Only after reading it on some forum, I realised that Sauron was actually right about the Ring - no one could have destroyed it! All those eagles visions would fail – no one would thrown the Ring into fire - Sauron didn't even need to protect the cracks - even Frodo, who was specifically suited to be least affected by the ring, was incapable of destroying it. It took several twists of fate and coincidences, also known as Eru ex Machina, to destroy One Ring - something that could not be predicted by Sauron
* Denethor's madness wasn't just because of Faramir's injury and the Palantir's visions of the power of Mordor. The Palantir also showed him things that caused him to believe Frodo had been captured and Sauron had obtained the ring:
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* When the Fellowship are in Lothlorien, it's said that Aragorn left the hill of Cerin Amroth and "came there never again as a living man". This seems strangely specific but still merely a fancy way of saying he just didn't go there again, until you read about Arwen's death, when she "laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth." It's possible (even implied?) that Aragorn did return - in spirit, already on the higher plane and indeed not as a living man; to wait for Arwen so they could go wherever next together. Subtle reunion or what - but it makes their story all the more poignant.
** Alternatively, perhaps it is where he was buried upon death, and his grave lies beside hers - appropriate for husband and wife.
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* The alarm call that rouses the Shire when the Black Riders attack in the first book: FEAR! FIRE! FOES! Or, to put it another way, [[Jack and the Beanstalk|Fe fi fo!]]
=== [[Fridge Horror]] ===
* Aragorn's son is half-elven; so his childhood will be roughly 60-70 years long. He grows up in Gondor, so, all of his friends will grow old and die before he even reaches adulthood.
** Where is it ever indicated that Elven children take longer to reach adulthood?
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* So, Uruk-hai are supposed to be crossbreeds of orcs and humans. Just what exactly did the process of their... um... creation involved?
* "The Fellowship of the Ring", Book 2, "The Council of Erlond":
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Gandalf: "Until what end?"
Saruman: "Until you reveal to me where the One may be found. I may find means to persuade you". }}
Of course, you may, Saruman. Of course, you may. The White Wizard just loves him some good old torture.
* [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] would not have been familiar with the idea because he served in a comparatively civilized (yes, mud, shells, trench-foot and all) war between organized states but the orcs who were kidnapped from elves and tortured into being orcs are almost an exact prediction of Third World [[Child Soldiers]] today.
=== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ===
* In ''The Two Towers'', there's a scene where Saruman is preparing explosives. Wormtongue is curious (he's never heard of explosives before), and leans over, and Saruman looks at him funny. I always thought Saruman was implying "You're an idiot for not knowing what explosives are." But then I realized that Wormtongue is holding a candle, and if he had leaned just a little bit father over it would've ''really'' changed the plot of the movie. =)
** That scene was a reference to [[Evil Dead|Army of Darkness]], which has a nearly identical scene with Ash mixing gunpowder and stopping someone from bringing a candle too close to it.
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** Well, except for Sam. He carried/wore it while Frodo was being held prisoner in the tower.
* There's european folklore explaining you have to kill a wizard three times to keep him dead. Interestingly, Saruman in the movie is stabbed with a knife, falls from a great height, and impaled on a spike. Naturally, an actor famous for playing Dracula gets impaled right in the chest...
=== [[Fridge Logic]] ===
* In the Extended version scene in the Paths of the Dead, there are a ''lot'' more skulls buried there than actual ghosts. Where did they all come from?
** The people who were brave/foolish enough to attempt to travel the Paths of the Dead without having the authority to command the dead.
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