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875190 No.875190 [Reply] [Original]

ask a guy who's not about to kill himself anything

>> No.875194

Why do you want to live?

>> No.875208

>>875194
for all those little moments where that fleeting beauty and meaning shine through

>> No.875220

are you a wizard

>> No.875221

>>875208
Your vague poetic lamentations are meaningless to me. I die now.

>> No.875223
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875223

>not about to kill himself
>join forces with Sauron instead

well shit, he should have killed himself after all

>> No.875224

but are you wizard?

>> No.875227

>>875221
>vague poetic lamentations
I don't think you're using the word "lamentations" right, bro. but sometimes you gotta think with your heart and not your head, hence a vague poetic reason for living. just the way I see it

>> No.875232

>>875223
think about how important he made everyone who defeated him feel. sauron was a true martyr for their happiness--even if unwittingly so

>> No.875245

>>875227
I was using it right. It was supposed to ironic, in that I see your love of life as a lament, and wanting to die a, um, opposite of lament.

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>>875232
I dunno bro. I mean, even with Aragon as a wise ruler are the people he governs really happy? Are they somehow able to transcend all the petty whims and vices of people in general? I can see the plot of those books being ripped to shreds by existentialists

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>>875245
Life's end. Isn't it beautiful?

>> No.875268

>>875254
If I remember right, I think industrialization eventually ruined everybody's happiness and shit in the tolkien universe

>> No.875844

ok guys. I am a wizard