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Originally Posted by Mansun
As you wish.
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Huh? The phrase "gentle loyalty" was the joke? Why?
...Okay... racking my brains here...
The only thing I can come up with is that your pre-existing conviction that Gandalf is a mean ol' Maia who hates hobbits leads you to assume that he can only be praising Merry or Pippin ironically.
If so, it's a circular argument:
"
Gandalf is mean to hobbits. He's mean to hobbits because he's a hypocrite. He's a hypocrite because he won't let Pippin joke about Sauron, though he jokes about Merry and Pippin being tortured by Sauron. What he said is a joke because he praises Merry and Pippin. He wouldn't praise them for real because
Gandalf is mean to hobbits."
Sorry,
Mansun. If
that's your argument, you lose.
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Originally Posted by Mansun
But you do not see very far, and the thoughts of all those that have read the qoute are largely hidden from you.
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Actually,
Morthoron has been in telepathic communication with each and every poster apart from you. It's one of those "Dark Elf" things. Didn't you know?