Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with

Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by lou1306 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:22AM (#26055190)

The misquote I find most laughable is

> It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons

...since, you know, Lord Of The Rings does not feature any dragons! (The "fell beasts" that Nazguls ride are not dragons, not even close)

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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by fpgaminer on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:52PM (#26057640)

Ummm ... Smaug?

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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by Steuard on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:08PM (#26057780)

That's _The Hobbit_. (I suppose Smaug gets mentioned here and there in LotR, and Gandalf makes an entertaining firework version of him...)

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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by benhoyt on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:13PM (#26057807)

Smaug is in The Hobbit, a different adventure.

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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by imperistan on Sunday February 07, 2021 @01:51PM (#26057112)

Are you sure? There might be some references to them, even though no living dragons appear as characters.

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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by lou1306 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @04:03PM (#26058160)

Of course Smaug does get referenced (in Fellowship, Frodo actually meets Glòin, i.e. Gimli's dad and one of Bilbo's fellow adventurers in The Hobbit). But still, it's fair to say that there are no actual dragons anywhere in LOTR.

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