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Anonymous Wed Jun 22 12:38:25 2022 No.20564577 [Reply] [Original]

Smaug
>smog
Saruman
>Sauronman
Sauron
>sauros, greek for lizard
Orodruin (mount doom)
>road to ruin
Bilbo
>dildo
Bravo Tolkien. What a fucking hack.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 12:42:23 2022 No.20564589 Orc >nigger

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 13:59:11 2022 No.20564798 yes that is typically how language works. wait until OP finds out where the word "Smog" comes from

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 16:59:43 2022 No.20565442 >>20564798 It's "smell of the bog" for the uneducated

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:04:24 2022 No.20565463 >>20564577 The idea of a hobbit people think was taken from the sinclair lewis book babbit Bilbo Hobbits basically spells babbit and hobbits are comfy at home.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:07:52 2022 No.20565475 >>20564577 filtered

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:07:55 2022 No.20565476 At least he’s not Moorcock.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:42:05 2022 No.20565629 >Schmeagol aka Golem >Aryangorn He might have taken it a bit too far with these

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:43:48 2022 No.20565636 >Swaziland >Land of the Swazis >Cupboard >Board for Cups How is real life so fake wtf

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:46:28 2022 No.20565650 >>20564577 Ask not, OP, who the hack is The hack is thee.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:53:13 2022 No.20565672 >>20564577 OP >faggot

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:56:22 2022 No.20565690 >>20565442 I don't know where you heard this, but it's wrong. Smog has always been a portmanteau of 'smoke fog'

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:59:07 2022 No.20565712 >>20564577 Pale Folk Palefolk lefo Elf

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 18:00:24 2022 No.20565721 File: 17 KB, 340x255, 1591881295863.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >OH NO, how could my friend Sauronman turn on me? >at least Grim WormTongue the Betrayer will surely stay loyal to the end Tolkein was a hack

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 18:09:15 2022 No.20565778 >>20564589 Orc = pigs/uggies = central asians

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 18:11:31 2022 No.20565792 File: 11 KB, 251x242, 1490565522667.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >I made up a fantasy animal resembling elephants, what should I call them... >I know, oliphaunts!

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 18:11:58 2022 No.20565794 why is he so bad at naming stuff

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 22:57:08 2022 No.20567141 File: 711 KB, 667x936, 1648816130710.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20564577 I wonder what i should name this ent character. Let's see, he is a tree and he has a beard...

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 22:58:30 2022 No.20567145 >>20564589 10/10 post kekd out loud

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 23:01:54 2022 No.20567165 >men of the south east of this fictional world also wear turbands

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 00:05:53 2022 No.20567424 File: 59 KB, 500x500, 1617660307879.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20565442 >>20565690 It's actually an acronym for Sooty Mist Or Gas. t. knower of secrets.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 00:27:50 2022 No.20567516 Why would names be derived from something it’s not like real life etymology has ever done this. kys

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 00:50:50 2022 No.20567610 >>20567516 >go to all the trouble of creating an entire language >just say fuck it when it comes to names ???

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 03:24:56 2022 No.20568162 Tolkien is an inspiration to me. His names are so fucking dumb that they are based

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 03:28:31 2022 No.20568171 File: 118 KB, 1125x1099, DgT3weJUwAAp2zZ.jpg large.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Who is an example of the opposite? Who comes up with good names?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 04:07:34 2022 No.20568323 >>20567610 The names are some of his finest work. Don’t agree? Well try to come up with one fantasy name that isn’t cringe

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 04:14:15 2022 No.20568345 >>20564577 Smaug comes from slavic smok, which means dragon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 04:54:16 2022 No.20568518 >meanwhile in GRRMland >Drogon the Dragon

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 04:59:46 2022 No.20568544 >>20568171 Russians

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 10:03:36 2022 No.20569305 >>20564577 >Bravo Tolkien. What a fucking hack. You were just filtered

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 10:24:20 2022 No.20569355 >>20565636 hasnt swaziland changed their name to eliminate British colonial influence? i remembered reading about it

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 10:27:32 2022 No.20569361 >>20568544 >Volodymyr currently battling his nemesis Vladimir truly we live in a simulation

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 10:27:56 2022 No.20569362 >>20564577 take your meds

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 11:06:27 2022 No.20569470 >henchman of Hitler >called Himmler What the fuck were they thinking?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 11:18:24 2022 No.20569497 >extreme political party who take over Germany and start a world war >Called the Nasties Jesus Christ

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 12:51:47 2022 No.20569695 File: 746 KB, 1280x644, isildur.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Is-evil-doer! Cast it into the fire! Destroy it! >No, Elfrond

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 12:59:59 2022 No.20569719 File: 83 KB, 904x864, 34f.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >creates two dwarves just for the purpose of killing them off for shock >called them Feely and Killy

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 13:29:38 2022 No.20569812 File: 9 KB, 400x300, 1634311106043.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20569470 >It seems that our trusted wizard friend Hitlerman has betrayed us >Now it is time to seek the help of Reignhard Thirdreich

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 15:20:57 2022 No.20570263 >>20564589 Orcs are Muslims from Middle Age duh.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 17:17:43 2022 No.20570786 >>20565721 t. doesn't know that Grim WormTongue was a deep undercover double agent sent to kill Sauronman

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:28:45 2022 No.20571086 >no mention of half the names in the hobbit being ripped straight out of norse mythology A hack, but an honest hack he remains.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 20:33:01 2022 No.20571703 did you retards forget middle earth is quite literally just europe

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 20:35:55 2022 No.20571714 >>20571703 Tolkien said year 1960 is in the Seventh Age. We're probably in the Eighth Age already, considering how much digital technology has changed the world.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 22:33:34 2022 No.20572324 File: 8 KB, 206x244, lovecraft smile.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] cat >Niggerman

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 23:48:07 2022 No.20572619 >>20569719 I think those names are from the dwarf name list in the Edda

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 07:27:26 2022 No.20574186 GRRM might have perfected cheesekino but Tolkien effectively invented it

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 08:06:26 2022 No.20574281 File: 21 KB, 390x410, 1507399816.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20565690 >portmanteau

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 08:07:24 2022 No.20574285 >>20569361 They have the same name, Volodymyr is just a horrific distortion by artificial ukrainian pidgin

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 08:45:32 2022 No.20574363 >A country stretched along the ocean, with many ports >Port-ugal >the second biggest city is Port-o >it's also a port city

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 09:07:26 2022 No.20574406 >>20571086 That hardly makes him a hack writer, just a cunning thief which is essential to being a good artist.

Anonymous Fri Jun 24 09:34:15 2022 No.20574469
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>>20574363
>arrives at a place with a river
>in January
>calls it "River of January"
>not even a river

>region is rich in gold
>calls it "Mines"
>turns out it's rich in other minerals
>changes the name to "General Mines"

>arrives at a place with a large river
>"Big River"
>arrives at another one
>"Big River of the North" and "Big River of the South"
Bravo, Portugal.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 09:46:10 2022 No.20574490 >>20564577 >boss is called biden >right hand man is called blinken who writes this shit?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 09:50:01 2022 No.20574501 >be french >michel HollaBack

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 11:13:19 2022 No.20574660 File: 123 KB, 757x505, joker.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Mater >mother Pater >father Duo >two Tres >three Non >not In >in WHAT THE FUCK AAAAAA IM GOING INSAAANE

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