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Tbh, it’s kind of lore accurate !
Los Maiar*
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The fires have been lit, LA needs our help!
Frodo and Sam trading the Shire for LA? Talk about a culture shock! There it is, Mr. Frodo… the land of palm trees and overpriced coffee. Just imagine them navigating traffic on the way to Mount Doom now thatās a journey filled with epic detours…
A few years back I was driving towards Santa rosa in California for a mutual aid shift. It was about 11pm, and there’s a bridge we cross to go north that is basically a fucking huge hill that then dips down towards the water at the end.
As we reached the top of the hill we could see at the horizon the red glow of the fires that were still burning. Because of the smoke there were no stars above. Nothing but empty void into the sky.
PG&E had also done their emergency power shut off on the north side of the bridge. So there were no lights ahead of us all the way to the fire.
For a few minutes all I could see were the beams of my headlights sharply defined by the smoke, the bridge ahead of me plunging down into nothingness, and a dull red glow just above the horizon. Nothing at all else besides.
No other people on the road. No life visible. Just me and a dull glowing blaze drifting ever so slowly in the void.
I felt like I understood Frodo a little in that moment.
The very air you breathe…
New York could be caradhas at the moment
The internet remains undefeated!
…and afterĀ thatĀ getsĀ evenĀ better…aĀ festering,Ā stinkingĀ marshland, far as the eye can see, also known as San Bernardino.
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Are we making fun of people’s homes burning now?
Bruh
who thinks it’s secretly behind this city (yes it’s night, that is not sun)
The capital of Mordor, Ell’aye
Cruel, were it your town, you wouldn’t find this funny
I donāt know about Elijah but Sam already traded the Shire for LA, Sean Astin lives in Calabasas, donāt think they were hit with the fire just yet.
But who does the ring belong to now that Weinstein, Epstein and Diddy are out of the picture?
That’s tasteless to the extreme. Tolkien would be ashamed.
It’s fucked up to laugh, but that’s too good.
Amazing!
Too soon
Good luck learning empathy!
At least if you crash on the sidewalk in mordor you dont wake up with AIDS.
Making jokes at the expense of a tragedy.
Lmao
I love that that’s funny
Maybe Sodom and Gomorrah is a more appropriate comparison
In America you can get a large pepperoni pizza for $5.00. We call this a “Hot Carl” here in CaliWali (California for you outsiders). The best thing too is that you don’t even have to wait you just walk in and its always hot and ready to go at the counter.
What food traditions do you have in your region, the shire was it?
Couldn’t happen to a nicer pile of used needles.