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9343721 No.9343721 [Reply] [Original]

>Reminder that guns and trains are mentioned in Lord of the Rings, which means Middle Earth takes place after an apocalypse, and all the races are just mutants, and all magic are just psionic abilities.

Prove me wrong.
Pro tip: You can't.

>> No.9343728

You're thinking of Shannara, there, pal.

>> No.9343738

>>9343721
but people can fly in ASoIaF

just ask Robin

>> No.9343739
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9343739

why didn't they just take a train to mordor?

>> No.9343743

>>9343721
What on any earth are you talking about?

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>>9343721
narrator mentions a train, no one within the story does.
a popgun is mentioned but not a real gun.

>> No.9343747

>>9343739
Kek

>> No.9343749

>>9343739

Fellbeasts bombed the dwarven coal factories

>> No.9343982

>>9343721
I thought Lord of the rings was meant to be a translation, so any incongruous references were by the translator?

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9344028

>>9343982
>tfw tolkien truly believed he was writing history

what a nut

>> No.9344059

IIRC they also mention umbrellas

>> No.9344523

>>9343739

You can't just order a train

>> No.9344528

Famer Giles of Farmer Giles of Ham uses a blunderbus and he's a Romano-Briton.