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12459630 No.12459630 [Reply] [Original]

I need a book where the protagonist has courage and leaves his enemies badly stopped. I need creativity to defeat my opponents with style.

>> No.12459642

>>12459630
The hobbit.

>> No.12459660

>>12459642

Unironically? Why?

>> No.12459875

>>12459630
Legend by Gemmell

>> No.12460188

>badly stopped
What doyou meme?
Badly stopped as in, hero totally pwns Bigbad like Dorothy does WWW?

OR Badly stopped as in, not doubletapping the Monster, eg Isildur and the Ring, when you had the chance?

>> No.12460190

>>12459875
Classic Hero's Journey, perfect example.

>> No.12460662

>>12459660
>be Bilbo
>be a fairly well to do hobbit
>grandmother's friend comes by and I invite him for tea
>bunch of dwarves show up instead
>talking about a mountain and gold and a dragon
>get guilt tripped into joining them
>journey east to elrond's place
>almost get murded by trolls on the way, takes a ventriloquist to keep us all alive
>elrond gives advice and ponies
>cross the misty mountains, loose ponies and gear to goblins who's porch we slept on like a bakers dozen bums
>find a ring on the ground
>tell riddles with gollum
>loose all my buttons on the way out of the goblins place
>meet a shapshifter who uses sheep as butlers
>cross the mirkwood, only thing worse than the spiders are the dickass elves
>elves get drunk so we sneak out in barrels like we're crossing the Niagara
>end up at the long lake, people there set us up with new gear, drive us up near the mountain
>do more doorstep crashing
>steal a cup because gandalf called me a burglar like half a year ago
>piss off a dragon
>fuck with the pissed off dragon
>dragon blames lake people
>lake people get fucked off, but one dude kills the dragon with his lucky arrow
>everyone shows up at the mountain begging for some of the tresure
>dwarves tell them to fuck off, send a message to their buddies to send an army
>goblins show up
>elves show up
>men show up
>iron hills dwarves show up
>Thorn and co. are already there
>take a cool rock, try and use it as a bargaining chip so that it doesn't turn into a 5 way battle over the tresure
>battle happens anyway
>get knocked out
>thorin is dead
>fili and kili are dead
>Dain is king under the mountain
>goblins get fucked off
>elves get stuffed
>men refound dale
>take home a sword, some chain-male and two chests full of tresures and a ring
>become the richest hobbit
>adopt frodo

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12460678

>>12459630
>baby born black (not shocking)

>> No.12460940

>>12459630
The count of Monte cristo