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Oh my god Aragorn (i.imgur.com)

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[–]TheLemonKing 114 points115 points ago

"I'm eighty-seven years old, Legolas, I can do what the fuck I please."

edit: I accidentally a word.

[–]sandman369 57 points58 points ago

Isn't Legolas older?

[–]ActualActual 91 points92 points ago

"Though neither Legolas' age nor his birthdate are directly given in Tolkien's writings, some passages indicate he is far older than Aragorn and Gimli. For instance, he calls them "children" and says he has seen "many an oak grow from acorn to ruinous age". The Appendices to The Lord of the Rings do reveal Gimli's and Aragorn's birthdates: at the time of the War of the Ring, they are 139 and 87 respectively."

From the wiki.

So we know Legolas is older that 139 at least and is as old as "many" oaks' lifespans which is 100-600 years depending on the species. I would guess Legolas is a few thousand years old. 3,000-6,000 maybe? He is definitively older than Aragon.

[–]Vin_The_Rock_Diesel 46 points47 points ago

Legolas is pretty young for an elf, though, isn't he? Probably on the lower end.

[–]SaltyBabe 43 points44 points ago

Considering the elves are practically immortal? Yes, he's like a 19-22 year old in "elf years" but the books are fairly explicit elves live a very long time.

[–]Blackninja543 43 points44 points ago

Actually elves aren't practically immortal, they are just immortal. Even when an elf is killed in the LOTR universe there spirit lives in the Halls of Mandos in Valinor where they can eventually retake a physical form if they choose. Link

[–]KidCadaver 19 points20 points ago

This makes me feel a lot less sad about all those elves that died at Helm's Deep.

[–]spartanss300 22 points23 points ago

except that was only in the movie and as far as actual Lotr lore is concerned no elf died at Helms Deep.

[–]KidCadaver 8 points9 points ago

Damn the movie!

(You're right. I haven't read the books in a good 10 years, but even still I stand up and angrily point at my TV screen and go "THAT DIDNT HAPPEN" every time I watch the movies.)

[–]SirAuron 14 points15 points ago

Really? I just accept the fact that Peter Jackson is a god and can go whatever the fuck he wants, and just enjoy the fight scene.

[–]Emil120513 4 points5 points ago

No one remembers Fatty Lumpkin. :(

[–]artemisfowl15 1 point2 points ago

then why were they reluctant to fight?

[–]navjot94 8 points9 points ago

Dying is probably not a pleasant experience. And I'm not sure how it works but when they come back they might not come back as the same person.

[–]SirAuron 2 points3 points ago

Probably because they think they are above man and dwarves, and the fact that they are "sailing into the west" means they really don't have to stay and fight.

[–]disco-disco 0 points1 point ago

Sorry haven't read the series, but is that how gandalf came back after fighting the balrog?

[–]foreverskepticalone 7 points8 points ago

In the books he talks about watching trees in Mirkwood age from sprouts to long past full age, so it's reasonable to think he's a fuckton older than Aragorn, at any rate.

[–]Cyrilshark 12 points13 points ago

2,931 years at the time of the War of the Ring.

[–]Eros_eris 15 points16 points ago

Do you have a source or are you just pulling our legs?

[–]effilctar 18 points19 points ago

I believe he got that number from the Top Trumps cards.

I will check my Middle Earth encyclopedia when I can be bothered going into the attic.

Edit: Decided to check the wiki as that's less hassle:

Tolkien does not specifically give Legolas' age but many have used what details Tolkien does give to hazard a guess. It's safe to say that, most likely, Legolas was born after Oropher, his grandfather, moved his people across the Misty Mountains, since in the book, he referred to the Noldor elves as a "strange race". That would mean he's at most 999 years old which places his birthdate in the latter part of the Second Age, at the earliest.

[–]The_king_of_Wizards 5 points6 points ago

So let me get this straight, Legolas is 1000+ years, Aragorn is 87, then how old is Gandalf?

[–]effilctar 23 points24 points ago

The actual spirit: older than the Earth. Physically: I'd need to look it up.

Edit: He was 1969 years old when he departed for the Grey Havens.

[–]The_king_of_Wizards 5 points6 points ago

Let me rephrase my question, how long has he been on The Earth?

[–]Alzadar 20 points21 points ago

Since it was created (or shortly after). Gandalf is one of the Maiar, so like an angel basically.

[–]Elessar20 5 points6 points ago

If Gandalf went down to earth just when it was created, he should have been there for ~ 11,300 years.

Sauron for example was Melkors servant in the first age and was one of the most powerful maiars.

[–]prenu 8 points9 points ago

As old as the universe. Gandalf is a Maiar. Which makes him essentially a lesser deity in Tolkien's legendarium.

[–]Theoroshia 9 points10 points ago

Gandalf has no age. He's a Maiar spirit.

[–]KingofCraigland 8 points9 points ago

His physical form, named Gandalf, is 2,021 years old. His spirit however is a different story.

[–]KingofCraigland 2 points3 points ago

Gandalf isn't human, he is a Maiar. If you want to know how old the Physical form of Gandalf is, hes 2021. The spirit of Gandalf is as old as Arda (the planet they're on).

[–]The_king_of_Wizards 1 point2 points ago

Thank you. This is the answer I was looking for. Thank you for this.

[–]GoofAloof 3 points4 points ago

Gandalf is about 2000 years old, give or take, as he was in his current or storied incarnation. Essentially though, he is ageless.

[–]Eros_eris 0 points1 point ago

Thank you.

[–]Crilly90 7 points8 points ago

...olas

[–]thatwhatisnot 0 points1 point ago

this cracked me up...picturing Stan from American Dad looking confused...

[–]Cyrilshark 0 points1 point ago

I just googled it, and most sources agreed. Could very well be wrong!

[–]Gimli_The_Dwarf 4 points5 points ago

Uh, that's 129. Honest.

[–]valawala 2 points3 points ago

I'd put it more in the 1,500-3,000 range, though it's been a while since I read the books.

  • He seems really immature in the book.
  • They don't have to be consecutive oaks. On one extreme, they could've been tons of acorns planted at the same time and grown to 500 years old (100 doesn't seem ruinous to me).
  • Elrond is ~6500 years old, Arwen is ~2750. They're not full elves but I can't find numbers on any full elves, and Elrond is no more mortal than Legolas. Elrond married at ~3500, and Legolas doesn't seem old enough to get married.

EDIT: also unless something says otherwise, I assume he's not old enough to have fought in the Last Alliance.

[–]kolossal 2 points3 points ago

Hang on, is the War of the Ring the events depicted in the movies? And if so, is Aragorn supposedly 87 in the movies? Do humans live longer in the LoTR universe?

[–]ActualActual 15 points16 points ago

Aragon is a Dúnedain. Special race of men who live three times as long as other men and are often nobles and high ranking. The descend from a island were humans had an advanced culture similar to elves. then it sunk and they interbred with regular humans.

Yeah the War of the Ring is the events depicted in the lotr movies.

[–]kolossal 3 points4 points ago

Oh, I see. Thanks for the info.

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    [–]feureau 22 points23 points ago

    His ultraporn license verifies this.

    [–]sandman369 2 points3 points ago

    I, uh... wat? (Do I even wanna know?)

    [–]TacoSauce 9 points10 points ago

    if you somehow become too young, you can no longer legally buy ultra-porn

    [–]feureau 2 points3 points ago

    Yes. Yes you do. You do want to know. Desperately want to know.

    [–]RiPotato 2 points3 points ago

    I do now

    [–]falconx50 2 points3 points ago

    Futurama

    [–]alphazero924 0 points1 point ago

    I don't see how that's relevant. If you're 27 and your mom tries to do something she used to do when you were young, e.g. spitting on a napkin and wiping your face, you're likely to say "Mom, I'm 27 years old. Stop doing that."

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      [–]AnteFjjante 7 points8 points ago

      Aragorn is 87?!

      Do the men just have a long lifespan (compared to us real life mortals) or was he supposed to be old in the movies and they just got bored of casting and picked a middle-aged man?

      [–]dsampson92 70 points71 points ago

      Men of numenorean blood had very long lifespans (in excess of 200 years), and Aragorn was of relatively pure numenorean stock.

      [–]DoctorCroctopus 30 points31 points ago

      He's descended from Isildur, so he's part, if not wholly, Numenorean. The Numenoreans had lifespans much greater than that of regular humans (as much as three times longer).

      As a result, seeing Aragorn being played by a middle aged man would be apt, considering that at 87, he would be nearly middle aged in Numenorean terms.

      [–]1bighiccup 13 points14 points ago

      Aragon is if the blood of Numemor, a race of men that is virtually gone and lived longer than normal men.

      [–]poliphilo 12 points13 points ago

      The Dúnedain, of whom Aragorn was one, are a race of Men that have three times the life span of other Men. But see these graphs show that even the "elite" kings of Gondor had declining life spans over the generations, and I believe there's additional indication that this preternatural longevity has faded over time.

      So Aragorn is probably best understood as something between a 29-year-old and a middle-aged man. He's not meant to have the appearance of an old man.

      [–]tashinorbo 6 points7 points ago

      he is a Numenorean, they apparently have very long lifespans (for a man)

      [–]DrunkenCodeMonkey 6 points7 points ago

      The men don't, Aragorn's line do. He's supposed to look about the age he appears in the movie.

      [–]Emil120513 1 point2 points ago

      Shouldnt you be fixing YouTube links?

      [–]TheLemonKing 0 points1 point ago

      Men have a very long lifespan, he looks middle-age in the books too.

      [–]valawala 2 points3 points ago

      That guy lived to be 210.

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        [–]mpierik212 170 points171 points ago

        LOTR and Mean Girls...small demographic.

        [–]notbookies 60 points61 points ago

        Eh, maybe overall but I doubt it's a small demographic on reddit. Everyone has seen LotR and Mean Girls has a huge cult following.

        [–]uk2knerf 10 points11 points ago

        I have not seen either of them... I feel like I'm missing out.

        [–]objectiveknowledge 127 points128 points ago

        fuck you

        [–]WilsonHanks 32 points33 points ago

        Can't argue with that.

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          [–]Aethersol 3 points4 points ago

          It's on Netflix now.

          [–]uk2knerf 0 points1 point ago

          Which one?

          [–]mcgovernor 2 points3 points ago

          you are

          [–][deleted] ago

          [deleted]

          [–]AtlasAnimated 27 points28 points ago

          I want to downvote you for suggesting Mean Girls over LOTR, but at the same time Mean Girls is pretty hilarious

          [–]khakimage 15 points16 points ago

          If you could go back in time to when Mean Girls was released, and tell me that, less than five years later, Lindsay Lohan would be a withered-out coke fiend, I wouldn't have believed it. If you showed me the pics I would have just called them obvious photoshops.

          [–]ChronicMasterBaker 1 point2 points ago

          Because photoshopped pictures and exaggerated and selsationalist rumors are much more likely that time travel.

          [–]khakimage 1 point2 points ago

          Nope, you could have pretty definitive proof of time travel, to the point where i am asking you for stock tips and travel advisories, and I'd still call the pictures shopped.

          [–]flume 0 points1 point ago

          travel advisories

          "Don't go to Key West after 2050, it's underwater."

          [–]MrDribbles 8 points9 points ago

          People look at me weird when I tell them it's easily in my top favorite movies.

          [–]Baconated_Kayos 10 points11 points ago

          Then stop showing people your weird, you degenerate pervert!

          [–]yobobly 5 points6 points ago

          His what?

          [–]long_live_king_melon 1 point2 points ago

          Judging by his edit I'm assuming MrDribbles said "looking at my weird" as opposed to "looking at me weird".

          [–]MrDribbles 2 points3 points ago

          My bad it finds its way out from time to time.

          [–]AtlasAnimated -1 points0 points ago

          Did you accidentally a word?

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            [–]Wazowski 0 points1 point ago

            Unless you hate things that are good, you're missing out.

            [–]kralrick 1 point2 points ago

            Linsay Lohan is extremely cute in one of them. I'll let you guess which.

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              [–]randomenglishword 0 points1 point ago

              mean girls?

              [–]notbookies 0 points1 point ago

              I don't know what you're asking; if you don't know what Mean Girls is, go google it.

              [–]LaFemmeChiquita 8 points9 points ago

              But the best demographic.

              [–]Mister_Doc 0 points1 point ago

              Surprisingly, my GF and I fit into that demographic...

              [–]webaddictress 0 points1 point ago

              mememememememe

              [–]ob-la-di__ob-la-da 0 points1 point ago

              If I know every word to both movies (well, all 4 movies...) does this make me a special snowflake then?

              [–]Cynepkokc 2 points3 points ago

              Not at all.

              [–]guyhabit 16 points17 points ago

              "On Wednesdays we wear white"-- Gandalf

              [–]Timett_son_of_Timett 4 points5 points ago

              Gandalf is a labor day catastrophe...

              [–]RICH_LITTLE 212 points213 points ago

              I didn't get the Mean Girls reference. I laughed anyway.

              [–]chillaxin007 146 points147 points ago

              my favorite line from Mean Girls: "My apologies. I have a nephew named Anfernee, and I know how mad he gets when I call him Anthony. Almost as mad as I get when I think about the fact that my sister named him Anfernee."

              [–]TigOlBitties95 45 points46 points ago

              My name is Anthony. A couple years back, I knew a kid named Anfernee....everyone said "fuck it" and just called us "Ant".

              [–]forgotmyoldpassword2 48 points49 points ago

              fascinating tale bretheren.

              [–]proud_to_be_a_merkin 13 points14 points ago

              Interesting anecdote, sibling.

              [–][deleted] 31 points32 points ago

              I hate to be "that girl" but it's "brethren", and it's also actually not, because "brethren" is plural. The singular is "brother". It's part of a family of words that are still pluralized according to the Old English pattern - "oxen", "children", "men", etc.

              edit: unless this is some reference I don't get.

              [–]steviesteveo12 15 points16 points ago

              cool story bro

              [–]fugazijaw 11 points12 points ago

              If you really hated being "that girl" you wouldn't be "that girl".

              [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

              You got me.

              [–]fugazijaw 0 points1 point ago

              What can I say? Super wizard powers ya know.

              [–]forgotmyoldpassword2 0 points1 point ago

              I was going to put brethren in the first place, damn you google.

              [–]flume 0 points1 point ago

              I bet you really hate ensign wasps.

              The larvae of these solitary wasps feed on cockroaches and develop inside the egg-cases (oothecae) of their hosts.

              [–]Phoequinox 2 points3 points ago

              I love how utterly pointless and dull this anecdote is. That sounds sarcastic, but I'm serious. It made me laugh from how matter-of-factly it was.

              [–]IzziTheEpic -1 points0 points ago

              My name is Anthony also, but I feel like that is too long of a name, so everyone calls me by my last name, Izzi.

              [–]spazzvogel -2 points-1 points ago

              "Ent"?

              [–]Chalky_White 10 points11 points ago

              Bret. Brit? Bret. Brit.

              [–]yeaweckin 4 points5 points ago

              Like Britney?

              [–]NeoShweaty 1 point2 points ago

              He's dead.

              He did what?

              (wish there was some way to properly write the New Zealander accent and have the above make sense. )

              [–]Genekid 7 points8 points ago

              "What is that?" "Your mom's chest hair!"

              [–]Gimli_The_Dwarf -1 points0 points ago

              Careful now - reddit doesn't appreciate questioning a parent's right to name their child anything they want.

              [–]TigerSammich 15 points16 points ago

              I was wondering why Legolas sounded like a sassy girl in my head.

              [–]zelmerszoetrop 1 point2 points ago

              So, this is a bot that posts the top comments from the last time a picture was posted. Just so everybody knows.

              [–]RICH_LITTLE 0 points1 point ago

              You motherbleeping bleep bleep liar bleep bleep.

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                [–]Eudaemons 13 points14 points ago

                I'll admit, I didn't know the source of the meme and I thought it was based off of the Legend of Korra one.

                [–]smoochini 10 points11 points ago

                I have a question. What did Saruman do to become Saruman the White? Gandalf died defeating the Balrog but what lead Saruman to his promotion of sorts?

                [–]jay501 28 points29 points ago

                I never thought of it as being a promotion. Saurman was always the white wizard, but when Gandalf turned white he was becoming what Saruman was meant to be.

                [–]tashinorbo 17 points18 points ago

                the white wizard is the head of the White Council, and generally considered the strongest. so it is basically a promotion.

                [–]jay501 3 points4 points ago

                I believe the white wizard just happens to be the head of the white council. The head position isnt dependent on being white. The head of the first council (during the second age) wasnt even a wizard, he was the elf Gil-galad.

                [–]ChronicMasterBaker 10 points11 points ago

                The position of the grand wizard, however, does require that you are white.

                [–]dasmim 6 points7 points ago

                That's racist

                [–]spartanss300 2 points3 points ago

                there's a race joke in here somewhere.

                [–]ChiselFish 3 points4 points ago

                http://i.imgur.com/xV3sl.png

                [–]Ciceros_Assassin 18 points19 points ago

                IIRC, when the wizards were sent to Middle Earth to keep an eye on Morgoth and later his pupil Sauron, Gandalf was the preferred head of the Council. But he refused the responsibility, wishing instead to live among the peoples of Middle Earth, so Saruman got the job instead. But once he fell, and Gandalf had learned how his refusal of duty had helped put the world in its state of peril, Gandalf needed to die so he could come back in the more powerful incarnation.

                tl;dr Gandalf being lazy. His story mirrors Aragorn's in a way I've always found pretty compelling.

                [–]mehp12345 16 points17 points ago

                Gandalf just wanted to chill and smoke the halfling grass

                [–]Midlothianer 7 points8 points ago

                Bill Clinton of the wizards?

                [–]radiokaos420 2 points3 points ago

                Dank ass hobbit leaf, son, straight from the motherfucking shire!

                [–]kreadus005 9 points10 points ago

                puts on wizard hat

                Gandalf and the other Ishtar of the council are maiar. Its a member of a pantheon of gods that isn't talked about much in the books directly. They live on the 'island' of Valinor.

                So, basically, they're angels. They come attuned to a purpose. Originally, Gandalf was a wise yet befuddled wizard -- the grey. They were sent to middle earth to keep Sauron in check. Originally they were sent in to mind the trees, shape the earth, shape natural forces.

                So, when circumstances demanded gandalf go way beyond his capacity, he ended his existence as 'gray' and came back as 'white'. Its a role to play in the cosmic macrocosm :P Who he is and what role he plays are very intertwined -- he's not human.

                [–]mrpenguin12 0 points1 point ago

                Not to nitpick, but it's istari, not Ishtar. Ishtar was a Sumerian deity.

                [–]notbookies 3 points4 points ago

                I don't know, but who said it was a promotion?

                [–]smoochini 11 points12 points ago

                I confess I'm not fully acquainted with the entire LotR lore in my mind I must have just thought white>grey. I suppose since white clothing has connotations of purity and devoutness I always assumed it was higher ranking.

                [–]notbookies 3 points4 points ago

                My knowledge of LotR, outside of the movies, is very limited, but I believe white is a higher ranking. My understanding of it was that the wizards were some sort of guardians that were sent to middle earth to protect or guide people. I haven't read the books in over a decade, but I know there was a brown wizard and probably others. So I could be completely incorrect, but my understanding was that they could be sent to middle earth as any 'color'. Hopefully someone who knows for certain will come confirm/deny that, as I'm sure the Silmarillion and other things talk about it.

                [–]mesosorry 6 points7 points ago

                And remember that after Saruman's fall from grace he becomes "Saruman of many colors". I'm not sure exactly what this means, or if there is a hierarchy, maybe one of our Tolkien scholars can help.

                [–]Horong 2 points3 points ago

                If you look at it as a "fall from grace," you can see that the change from "white" to many colors denotes his corruption. If you mix all the colors, what do you get? Brown, probably black, the polar opposite of white.

                [–]mesosorry 5 points6 points ago

                In the books his garb is described to shimmer and change from one color to the next, kind of like the chameleon paint that cars use.

                [–]emoocracy 4 points5 points ago

                The point of "many colors" was

                he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom

                That's what Gandalf said about Saruman of many colors.

                [–]khakimage 4 points5 points ago

                As an engineer, I am thoroughly disappointed by Gandalf's lack of imagination.

                [–]Horong 0 points1 point ago

                Interesting! I just broke it down with less context; it's been years since I've read the books.

                [–]sixsidepentagon 1 point2 points ago

                Depends if you're mixing absorptive or emissive colors. Mixing paint will get you black, mixing light will get you white.

                [–]Horong 0 points1 point ago

                Huh. TIL! I was using this to illustrate my point about mixing colours because I only have experience mixing my shitty tempra paints together. Always made nasty brown-black colour.

                [–]dja0794 0 points1 point ago

                Yup, white light is a combination of all colors of light. You can see this when you shine white light through a prism which bends different wavelengths of light in slightly different ways to reveal a rainbow of colors coming out the other side. You may recognize this from Pink Floyd's famous album cover

                [–]Gimli_The_Dwarf 0 points1 point ago

                So wizard's robes go black, brown, red, blue, green, yellow, white?

                [–]VajayjayLeno 5 points6 points ago

                The Wizards are Maiar (lesser divine beings) who were sent to Middle-Earth to fight Sauron.

                As for the color thing, I don't think Tolkien ever outright stated it, but there was an assumption of colors being ranking of power or significance. Which is why, in the books, Saruman styled himself "Saruman of Many Colors", effectively saying "I AM BEST WIZARD +1"

                [–]its_justme 4 points5 points ago

                The colors didn't mean much, since Radagast was Brown, and there were 2 Blue wizards which left to the far South. It's more what the Maiar(wizards) chose to cloak themselves in. Saruman claimed himself to be the greatest, so he appointed himself "the White" and took leadership over the Council. It is written in Tolkien's works that Gandalf always had the greater power and wisdom, but did not desire leadership.

                [–]DefinitelyRelephant 4 points5 points ago

                The colors seem to indicate the field or type of magic/sorcery they have mastery over.

                http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Radagast

                [–]vpovio 7 points8 points ago

                For sweet fucks sakes, don't link to that thing! You'll trap someone in the webs of information that they spin! Drowning in knowledge!

                [–]DefinitelyRelephant 0 points1 point ago

                You cannot resist..

                [–]vpovio 0 points1 point ago

                Like spidersilk made of iron, it covers my chest and shoulders, dragging me into the icy depths of ink! Get back ye devil! I burn at you with all the vengeance of Muspellsheim! I cast you out, upon the rocky soil of perdition, and banish you to Helheimr!

                [–]dinosauria_nervosa 1 point2 points ago

                It's too late for me now.

                [–]vpovio 1 point2 points ago

                dives to the edge of the pit

                GRAB MY HAND DINOSAURIA_NERVOSA! YOU CAN STILL MAKE IT!

                [–]dinosauria_nervosa 0 points1 point ago

                I don't know, man...

                I've got like six tabs open already.

                [–]vpovio 0 points1 point ago

                JUST TAKE MY HAND!

                thrusts hand forward

                I'LL PULL YOU TO SAFETY!

                [–]SaltyBabe 1 point2 points ago

                I think it's based on how powerful you are also, not just you actions. The brown wizard for instance is pretty lame, but he can communicate with animals and what not.

                [–]tashinorbo 1 point2 points ago

                its not based on how powerful you are, the colors just relate to specialties (which can have varying usefulness). However they are members of the White Council and white, which represents wisdom, is generally considered the strongest.

                [–]sixsidepentagon 1 point2 points ago

                Do we hear about anyone other than the White, Grey and Brown though in Tolkien writing?

                [–]Green_Sky 2 points3 points ago

                Two blue wizards that travelled way east. But there's hardly anything written about them.

                [–]SirAuron 0 points1 point ago

                It is higher ranking. But that still does not mean more powerful, or pure. BEing the head of anything means you are a higher rank. And maybe Saruman was good, but became corrupted by the palantiri.

                [–]I-HATE-REDDITORS 6 points7 points ago

                The Venn diagram of Mean Girls fans and LOTR fans has to have a pretty small intersection.

                [–]ImAmazing 3 points4 points ago

                It's 100% of the "People who like awesome movies" demographic.

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                  [–]zipsgirl4life 34 points35 points ago

                  OMG - I think this is the first Mean Girls / LOTR crossover I've ever seen, but there should be more. This made me laugh so freaking hard. Have a shit-ton of karma. :-)

                  [–]Sidevoter 75 points76 points ago

                  Probably the best one

                  [–]Gimli_The_Dwarf 17 points18 points ago

                  That's so fetch.

                  [–]levicoultify 16 points17 points ago

                  Ugh stop trying to make fetch happen, it's not going to happen.

                  [–]atrich 11 points12 points ago

                  Fetch is streets ahead.

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                    [–]Schroedingers_gif 4 points5 points ago

                    Knowing Reddit there's probably a subreddit dedicated to Mean Girls/LOTR crossovers.

                    [–]Arkanicus 6 points7 points ago

                    Gimli, stop trying to make "and my ax" happen! It's not going to happen!

                    [–]fishbowtie 3 points4 points ago

                    I know there's some kind of name for this, but it's happened to me SO MUCH lately. I JUST watched Mean Girls for the first time two nights ago. Last week I had just watched Fifth Element for the first time and there was a front page post referencing it the next day. This is just getting weird.

                    [–]headstory 6 points7 points ago

                    It's called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, or the Frequency Illusion. :)

                    [–]uk2knerf 4 points5 points ago

                    And soon someone will post how they just learned about the baader meinhof phenomenon... Like clockwork.

                    [–]headstory 2 points3 points ago

                    Yep. It's a self-perpetuating cycle.

                    [–]ImAmazing 2 points3 points ago

                    What a weird name for something that isn't a terrorist organization.

                    [–]EdIsFromIndiana 2 points3 points ago

                    original scene from mean girls

                    [–]indestructicator 1 point2 points ago

                    For some reason that feels almost sacrilegious. I Laughed anyway.

                    [–]GWARgasm 5 points6 points ago

                    My favorite is the Harry Potter one.

                    [–]SirAuron 5 points6 points ago

                    Link it then, you smarmy bastard.

                    [–]gritodedolores1946 3 points4 points ago

                    Four for you Aragorn, you go Aragorn! And none for Boromir.

                    [–]TimeCannotErase 2 points3 points ago

                    Woah...I actually saw this on Facebook 2 days BEFORE I saw it on Reddit...I'VE FOUND A CONTRADICTION TO THE REDDIT LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE!

                    [–]dayvieee 1 point2 points ago

                    And yet here we are...

                    [–]vladAKAdaddy 0 points1 point ago

                    this is great

                    [–]wtfisaMOWGLI -1 points0 points ago

                    Hahaha

                    [–]ignorantwhitetrash 1 point2 points ago

                    If you're from South Africa, then why are you white?

                    [–]TheWhiteeKnight 7 points8 points ago

                    South Africa has arguably more white folk than the entire population of the rest of the continent.

                    [–]ignorantwhitetrash 0 points1 point ago

                    Thank you for that useless piece of information

                    [–]ignorantwhitetrash 0 points1 point ago

                    And yet they speak "Afrikaans"???

                    [–]GenericJoe 0 points1 point ago

                    It's pretty much just Dutch.

                    [–]Randomguy26 1 point2 points ago

                    Today I watched mean girls for the first time so this was very convenient

                    [–]NoLongerNeeded 0 points1 point ago

                    You know r/funny has gone to the dogs when you see something on Pinterest first.

                    Edit: Here. It was posted 20 weeks ago.

                    [–]UncertainCat 0 points1 point ago

                    This reminded me of DM of the Rings. Now I am happy.

                    [–]Stacy_21 1 point2 points ago

                    Ahaha racist!!

                    [–]Corrupt9930 0 points1 point ago

                    'One does not simply ask why someone is white...'

                    [–]FortifiedSky 0 points1 point ago

                    Mean Girls reference for the win

                    [–]Zcrash 0 points1 point ago

                    I want to ask Sammy Sosa the same question.

                    [–]Saving628496 0 points1 point ago

                    I've seen this at least a billion times. I still giggled, so fuck it, an upvote for you.

                    [–]A_Polite_Jitty 1 point2 points ago

                    One does not simply ask someone why they are white.

                    [–]Spinnacre 1 point2 points ago

                    Share the load.

                    [–]Punkwasher 0 points1 point ago

                    NO!

                    [–]delaney18 0 points1 point ago

                    Lots of karma for the fabulous juxtaposition of two completely different flicks that somehow work well together!

                    [–]Mr_D_Lineman 0 points1 point ago

                    Woot! Element 18! Wait, this is about Argon, right?

                    [–]BaronLaladedo 1 point2 points ago

                    This joke is getting old as hell.

                    [–]Chumpponis 0 points1 point ago

                    Never did I think one could drop a Mean Girls reference to stills of LOTR.

                    [–]turbo95 1 point2 points ago

                    I don't think his father, inventor of Toaster Strudel, would be too happy to hear about this.

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