7mo ago

Marriage counseling

25 comments

Wife: I hate being in this situation!
Therapist: So do all who live to see...
Wife: NOOO!!!
- Therapist: ISILDUUUUR!
  
  Wife: THE DARK FLAME OF UDUN WILL NOT goddammit, now I'm doing it too!
The therapist: He's just afraid to show his true feelings.
Him: It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.
Is it just me or is that line incredible writing?
Like, can you think of a more Hobbit metaphor?
(Not to say the rest of the writing is bad, this one just stuck with me as Tolkien really got into Bilbos head)
- No, it's amazing. It also works for describing the overall theme of decay for the third age.
  
  Also fits Galadriel and her decision to rather remain Galadriel and go into the west instead of become the "Dark Queen". She's literally the oldest living being besides Sauron itself residing on Middle Earth by that point.
  EDIT: ok, one of the. Still hella old.
"I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
oof
I've been feeling that quote for a bit now. Just three more years they say.
- What happens in three years?
  
  I'll be done with the post cancer regimen. Currently they have my hormone levels through the floor to try and prevent the cancer from coming back. Keeps me weak and tired and all around exhausted all the time.
— Honey, can you cut me a slice of bread?
— You have my sword!
— I walked into this one, didn't I?
- And my axe!
  
  As long as you put your bow away! It made a horrible mess the last time you "helped" my sandwich with it!
Me too, Bilbo.
Best simile ever. Still relatable. More so, even. Pity I don’t have a ring of power to show for it
Same but with endlines I'll never finish
Lord of the rings, historic military strategy, or noir detective are the three choices.
It’s not my fault Tolkien has a quote for every possible mood

25 comments