In The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien drew upon the language and themes found in the old Medieval hero-tales in order to construct a kind of new mythology. The brilliance of Tolkien was in his departure from the Pagan modes of conduct and morality of these old tales, his creation of a syncretistic fusion between Christian thought and Pagan language, and so his work achieved a deep resonance with all who read it.
We find this passage at the conclusion of The Return of the King:
The Dark Lord was suddenly aware of him, and his Eye piercing all shadows looked across the plain to the door that he had made; and the magnitude of his own folly was revealed to him in a blinding flash, and all the devices of his enemies were at last laid bare.
Adversaries in the stories that Tolkien drew upon, Grendel, Mordred and the like, often served as obstacles that the heroes could overcome through feats of strength and cunning. Sauron is not like them. When Sauron is defeated, it is not because Aragorn is stronger than him or because Gandalf is wiser. They are not. It is only that his hubris was so great that it never occured to him that anyone would want to destroy the thing he held so dear. It is not until the final few seconds of his existence that he realises his mistake.
I think that I Am Jazz displays a similar moment. In the pictured scene, Jazz's journey to what he believes is womanhood is almost complete. He is resting after surgery, a triumphant smile on his face, his rotting groin held together by a labyrinthine patchwork of stitches and grafts. But as Eru Ilúvatar nudged Gollum over the Crack of Doom into the fires beneath, so too does the God of our world intervene in this.
Pop!
In a second, the follies of men are undone and Jazz's crotch explodes, a meaty froth of blood and pus pouring out of the hole where his penis used to be.
I like that term if only because it's a basically a scarlet letter representing how stupid someone is about politics. If I'm in a conversation with someone and I'm trying to feel out how knowledgeable they are, and I hear them use the term, "cultural marxism", it clues me into the fact they are dumb and should be ignored completely.
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In The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien drew upon the language and themes found in the old Medieval hero-tales in order to construct a kind of new mythology. The brilliance of Tolkien was in his departure from the Pagan modes of conduct and morality of these old tales, his creation of a syncretistic fusion between Christian thought and Pagan language, and so his work achieved a deep resonance with all who read it.
We find this passage at the conclusion of The Return of the King:
Adversaries in the stories that Tolkien drew upon, Grendel, Mordred and the like, often served as obstacles that the heroes could overcome through feats of strength and cunning. Sauron is not like them. When Sauron is defeated, it is not because Aragorn is stronger than him or because Gandalf is wiser. They are not. It is only that his hubris was so great that it never occured to him that anyone would want to destroy the thing he held so dear. It is not until the final few seconds of his existence that he realises his mistake.
I think that I Am Jazz displays a similar moment. In the pictured scene, Jazz's journey to what he believes is womanhood is almost complete. He is resting after surgery, a triumphant smile on his face, his rotting groin held together by a labyrinthine patchwork of stitches and grafts. But as Eru Ilúvatar nudged Gollum over the Crack of Doom into the fires beneath, so too does the God of our world intervene in this.
In a second, the follies of men are undone and Jazz's crotch explodes, a meaty froth of blood and pus pouring out of the hole where his penis used to be.
In that moment of blind panic and terror, Jazz is Sauron. All triumph and victory is gone. Only the Void remains.
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1 ImJustaBagofHammers 2019-06-07
lmao
1 GeauxHouston22 2019-06-07
I like that term if only because it's a basically a scarlet letter representing how stupid someone is about politics. If I'm in a conversation with someone and I'm trying to feel out how knowledgeable they are, and I hear them use the term, "cultural marxism", it clues me into the fact they are dumb and should be ignored completely.
1 tHeSiD 2019-06-07
What does that even mean.. I'm getting sick and tired of these new x-y terms.
1 zergling_Lester 2019-06-07
Would you say that you've become a conversational nihilist?
1 tHeSiD 2019-06-07
No just bussy blasted
1 AlecOzzyHillPitas 2019-06-07
I would say that actually yeah. That pretty much sums it up somehow.
1 DutchRight 2019-06-07
I presume neo-lib, but who the fuck cares anyways
1 KungFuManBearPig 2019-06-07
Anyone who advocates for Ted Rat King Cruz should not be trusted.
1 MikeStoklasaBackup 2019-06-07
It's over.
1 Slump_o 2019-06-07
cope tbh. Lion Ted is a marxian neotrumpist
1 searingsky 2019-06-07
roses are red,
micael jackson sang thriller
1 RichEvansSexbot 2019-06-07
This is just Ted Cruz getting close enough to AOC to get some feet pics, nothing more
1 Chad_cockthunder 2019-06-07
> socially marxist, fiscally jungian
hahahahaha