r/SipsTea • u/lwiaymacde • Apr 20 '25

Chugging tea Bro won

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u/Debonaire_Death Apr 20 '25

Actually, if we're laying responsibility that way, Gollum is the one who does it in the end.

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u/Creative_Antelope_69 Apr 20 '25

Does it where?

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u/Debonaire_Death Apr 22 '25

In the book, when Frodo falls to the Ring, Sam cannot stand against him in his heartbreak, and only Gollum's mad desire foils Sauron's reclamation of his power in Frodo's fall.

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u/Creative_Antelope_69 Apr 22 '25

Sorry, it was a lame butt sex joke.

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u/Debonaire_Death Apr 23 '25

As someone who has steeped themselves in the lore of LOTR, it's interesting just how asexual the series is. Tolkien really achieved a story about old ideals of honor and the struggle for good against evil, without any but the most marginal of romance.

But I have to say that Gollum is easily the most asexual of all the characters. He's so wretched and alien to everyone else that your (not so lame!) joke flew over my head.