Am I the only person who thought this was really fucking funny
A lot of the really funny moments in Lord of the Rings come from Tolkien playing with language like this, where we have relatively formal, archaic, “high” language responded to with informal, modern, “low” language.
Hands-down my favorite example of Middle-Earth sass, though, is the Hobbit. Just the whole thing.
Because “The Hobbit’ is canonically an in-universe book “written” by Bilbo (the way “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them” was “written” by Newt Scamander , “not” JK Rowling.)
So when The Hobbit’s third person narrator mocks someone, or snarks about how bad Bilbo is at adventuring, or sarcastically calls Thorin a “Very Important Dwarf”…..that’s really Bilbo talking.
When you re-read the Hobbit with that in mind, it becomes hilarious.
Cuz here old Bilbo is, just being an absolute savage, writing this book where he drags all the dwarves and then roasts himself
Like here’s the narrator–who remember, is really Bilbo– sarcastically describing one of Thorin’s speeches: “This was Thorin’s style [of speaking.] He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would have gone on like this until he was out of breath without telling anyone anything that was not known already.”
such a tiny hobbit, such a huge level of sass
ngl the see-saw from the Sublime to the Mundane – a paragraph of soaring description being punctured by a punchline – is my favorite thing and I use it to death but I will NEVER STOP
Saruman and his amazing techni-coloured dream coat
“RENT is a Christmas movie,” I say into the microphone.
the crowd boos. i begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.
“she’s right.” I look around for the owner of the voice. there, in the 2nd row, stands Anthony Rapp himself, in a scarf and filming. it is December 24, 9pm Eastern Standard Time.
concept: anakin sitting in the council room bouncing baby luke on his knees as he adamantly denies having children or attachments
And denies the Council permission to induct Luke and Leia Skywalker (no relation) into the crèche.
Leia runs up to him yelling, “Daddy! Look at this picture I drew of you and me and Mommy!”
He praises her artwork and tells her they will put it on the fridge at home, then turns to Mace and says, “I have no idea who this child is.”
all the comments on this post are the best out of any I’ve ever gotten but Anakin looking Mace dead in the eye and saying “I had no idea who this child is” might honestly be the best addition of them all
my sister @ishernamecat just saw wonder woman for the first time and she’s so mad at me bc of steve
me in 15 years: goodnight sweetie 🙂 my child: wait! i want a story! me in 15 years: oh, all right. I’ll continue from where we left off. my child: yay!!!! me, reading aloud: “You finally found him. After hours of searching. No. SWEEPS of searching.” me, reading aloud: “> Karkat: Troll this worthless human.”
what i do is not up to you 