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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Christian Earth: 6000 years old

Middle Earth: 30,000 years old

Middle Earth wins again

[–] yogi_pogi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Jesus vs Gandalf power scalers go!!!

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Modern depictions of Jesus are correct because after the crucifixion Jesus came back as Jesus the White.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

ItsTheSamePicture.jpg

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

Hey Gandalf, fuck off. Were you literally there 3,000 years ago? Or are you just going "You're younger than me, so you know fuckall"?

Fuckin boomer

[–] yogi_pogi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

That's my take.

Bro I was alive during Rodney King riots.

Doesn't mean my opinion is more valid than someone actually there.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

Gandalf: I was there in spirit!

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 90 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Small nerd gripe. Maia is the singular form of Maiar. "I am a Maia," or "I am one of the Maiar" get you there

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 134 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Maia who?

[–] Comrade_Spood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 130 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maia he

[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 126 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maia ha ha

[–] goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 90 points 2 days ago (1 children)

something-something Núma Númenor

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

!lemmysings@lemm.ee

[–] Senseless@feddit.org 34 points 2 days ago

God, I love this community.

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 83 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Doesn't matter. While that amazon shitshow tells a different story, Gandalf (as Radagast and Saruman) only arrived in the third age, long after the War of the Last Alliance. Gandalf might be infinitely older than Elrond yet wasn't there.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This does raise the question "Does your age count when you're in Valinor?"

Because it's literally the undying lands. Are we really going to pull rank between two functionally ageless beings? Seems petty.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's not about rank or age. It's about who's been present at the last battle of the War of the Last Alliance. Also, at the time of the depicted scene Elrond never was in Valinor, so at this point in time Gandalf definitely easier Elrond's senior by orders of magnitude.

[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

I thought the way it was worded, it was still technically the second age?

[–] WillBalls@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The second age ended with the ending of the war of the last alliance, so Gandalf did arrive later, but not "long after"

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I assume you forgot a "not" after the "but". I just looked it up though, Gandalf left Valinor for Middle Earth around 1000 T.A. I don't know about you, but I'd consider that "long after" the War of the Last Alliance.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 107 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"Well I read in a book that I was there. I can't actually remember more than a few hundred years back."

Ashildr from Doctor Who was brilliant.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (14 children)

I'm wondering now, how our little brains would adapt to living like for thousands of years. Would we really start forgetting things that are waaaay back?

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (28 children)

I've already forgotten most of my childhood and I'm only around 30. So I'd assume, yes.

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[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Am I wrong or do the wizards not remember their lives before they were sent to middle earth?

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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

I mean, sure he was alive. But he wasn't physically there.

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