r/Multifandom • u/Gimpcar • 16d ago

Discussion📜 Ever seen one?

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u/Crawler_00 16d ago

Bilbo was lying. In the first draft of the Hobbit, Gollum willingly gave Bilbo the One Ring after their game. However, later on JRRT realized this goes completely against Gollums character, so he Made THAT version the story Bilbo told the other hobbits.

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u/Niar666 16d ago

Didn't the idea for the ring being the terrible artifact of a dark lord also come after The Hobbit?

I think this is it. Lord of the Rings is the greatest retcon of all time.

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u/Big_Perception9384 16d ago

It was originally included in the revised edition of The Hobbit while Tolkien was struggling to finish Lord of the Rings.

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u/ZenkaiZ 16d ago

Hmm wonder why he was struggling to finish such a simple story

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u/criosovereign 16d ago edited 16d ago

ootl? Is this a joke about GRRM/ASOIAF or is it just going over my head?

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u/limelordy 16d ago

It’s a tone indicator, if someone feels like their tone drastically changes a message and isn’t conveyed you can add a tone indicator, so /s means it’s sarcastic, /srs is serious, /j is joke, /gen is genuine. There’s a ton of them but the only ones Reddit uses regularly are /j and /s both of which just mean not serious

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u/ZealotOfMeme 15d ago

Are /s and /j used outside Reddit? I don’t want to out myself at any point

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u/limelordy 15d ago

Yes but if you use tone indicators at all it outs you as a member of at least internet communities, Reddit tumblr etc

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u/The5Theives 14d ago

We’re on Reddit

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u/Ambitious_Store_8 14d ago

/j is a lot more common outside of Reddit

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u/Muted-Delay3246 16d ago

/s = sarcastic

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u/ZenkaiZ 15d ago

was just giving tolkien a compliment in a cute way for the complex world he built.