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.
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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:
>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.
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 Seattle_Bussy_Lmao 2019-12-12
that sub is packed to the tits with lolcows
1 Lolbertians 2019-12-12
It's ripe for mining just need a few good wranglers to really rile 'em up
1 SmogiPierogi 2019-12-12
For a subreddit for dank stuff they sure love serious twitter screenshots
1 TaysSecondGussy 2019-12-12
Broke: Don’t burn muh flag.
Woke: I am burning the flag of imperialist capitalism.
Bespoke: A cartoon of a striking factory worker shoving the sharp end of a US flag up the ass of a NYC trust-fund journalist.
They don’t want leftoids like me though. I ask why a hyper-nationalist state like China is the only one winning under globalism and I’m the bad guy.
No one better ever call me a rightoid on this Internet forum again. 😤
1 FroppyHoppyMyFloppy 2019-12-12
China is basically national socialist.
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1 SmogiPierogi 2019-12-12
China is basically Mussolini style fascist
1 slugulon 2019-12-12
Anyone who gets mad about flag burning or thinks that flag burning is cool and edgy is a fag
1 BlastMyBussy 2019-12-12
The ONLY radical centrist opinion.
1 WineDine69stein 2019-12-12
Flag burners torched my dad's shop during the LA Riots
It should be illegal to wave around a flaming stick in public, sue me
1 Brahmasexual 2019-12-12
It’s the same as saying nigger, just means your life is forfeit if the wrong person sees it.
1 professorshillphd 2019-12-12
One of the worst parts about the US is the hyper faux patriotism retards from both sides of the spectrum try to invoke constantly.
1 Lolbertians 2019-12-12
I don't know. The Left loves to shit on patriotism
1 Comrade_Natalie 2019-12-12
Based
1 fitness 2019-12-12
What a bunch of poor and unhappy teenagers
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1 DepravedMutant 2019-12-12
These are the same guys who want burning the Koran to be illegal
1 Can_The_SRDine 2019-12-12
That tile though. 🐟🔜🥫
1 jaredschaffer27 2019-12-12
I love flag burning lefties. They alienate almost anyone to the right of Marx while also revealing what edgy weirdos they are.
1 Genderstomper40pcnt 2019-12-12
I stand for the flag and kneel for the cross