• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    if you can one day just decide to go for a hike to the other side of the world

    They didn’t do it in one shot though. They went to Fatty Bolger’s place first, then to Tom Bombadil’s, Bree, and Rivendell. I imagine that they gradually improved their strength and stamina with each leg of the journey. Frodo’s initial task was just to get The Ring to Rivendell, after all.

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      4 days ago

      Frodo’s initial task was just to get The Ring to Rivendell, after all.

      (Smash cut to Frodo and Sam clawing their way up Mt. Doom)

      " 'Ah, just take the Ring to Rivendell and I’ll catch up with ya! ’ he said.

      'Elrond’s pretty sharp he’ll know what to do!’ he said.

      ‘It’ll be an aDvEnTuRe!’ he said!"