Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
How many moments of levity are there in Lord of the Rings?
Fun was sure to be had when the "Red Wedding" collided with "It's just a flesh wound!"I only run "Monty Python in a Game of Thrones universe"
Let's not bicker and argue about 'o killed 'oFun was sure to be had when the "Red Wedding" collided with "It's just a flesh wound!"
I came here to say exactly this on my games' overall tone.I voted Guardians of the Galaxy, but I’d say my preferred tone falls in between that and LotR.
Here's a few off the top of my head:How many moments of levity are there in Lord of the Rings?
My favorite are all the Merry and Pippin scenes in the extended editions. After they have lembas bread explained to them, and that each one can last a fellowship member days, one of them asks the other: "How many did you eat," to which the other replies, "four."Here's a few off the top of my head:
"Nobody tosses a dwarf!"
Gimli and Legolas's "competition" counting orcs they have killed.
Merry telling Pippin "I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip."
Sam describing meals with "po-tay-toes" to Gollum and saying Gollum could not say no to them, but Gollum says "Oh yes we could."
"Lucy, I'm home!"I describe my ideal as Stargate: serious people who also make jokes.
Here's a few off the top of my head:
"Nobody tosses a dwarf!"
Gimli and Legolas's "competition" counting orcs they have killed.
Merry telling Pippin "I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip."
Sam describing meals with "po-tay-toes" to Gollum and saying Gollum could not say no to them, but Gollum says "Oh yes we could."
My favorite are all the Merry and Pippin scenes in the extended editions. After they have lembas bread explained to them, and that each one can last a fellowship member days, one of them asks the other: "How many did you eat," to which the other replies, "four."
And, of course, them totally not being stoned while watching the ent-wrought destruction of Orthanc. (Yes, yes, JRRT probably didn't mean for pipeweed to be marijuana. The book remains intact, no matter what Jackson did in the movie.)
In that case, yes, I agree. There are no moments of levity in the LotR novels that I can recall. The Hobbit, OTOH, does have a few.Ah. I wasn't thinking about the movies.
His name is Tom Bombadil.Ah. I wasn't thinking about the movies.
A bright spot of cheer and a touch of whimsy, perhaps, but levity? Something that the reader would chuckle about? An honest question, as it has been many years since I read LotR.His name is Tom Bombadil.
He's part of the Cthulhu Mythos sneaking into Middle-Earth. Don't be fooled by the hallucinations everyone in his presence suffers.A bright spot of cheer and a touch of whimsy, perhaps, but levity? Something that the reader would chuckle about? An honest question, as it has been many years since I read LotR.