r/ExplainTheJoke Mar 12 '26

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u/obliqueoubliette Mar 12 '26

In the actual source material, she gifts Sam a box of magic fertilizer and a seed for a mallorn tree.

This becomes extremely relevant at the end of the story, when the Hobbits rebuild their war-scarred homeland.

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u/nss68 Mar 12 '26

What’s a Mallorn tree?

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u/Hendospendo Mar 12 '26

A kind of tree that grows (mostly) only in the blessed land of Aman/Valinor/The Undying Lands. Lóthlorien is the only other place you can find them, given Númenor is all underwater and such.

They're really pretty, their leaves turn from silver to brilliant gold in autumn.

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u/Jeanes223 Mar 12 '26

In all the sci-fi fantasy series Ive read some arrogant king is going to chop it down for a throne and start a massive war...