Gandalf: have you ever cut a piece of food with a knife? Just pretend that you’re really hungry for a piece of spider, or something. Also that you need to eat your food quickly or else it will eat you. It’s like a game. You’ll be fine.
Aragorn in the films: reluctant hero who is weary of accepting the crown of his ancestors
Aragorn in the books: literally uses the palantír to give sauron the figurative middle finger because fuck you im the heir of isildur bitch remember this sword I FIXED IT
my favorite thing about the spanish harry potter translation is that instead of calling voldemort “the dark lord,” they call him señor tenebroso, which basically means “mr. spooky”
the last one is a paradox, mate. obi-wan with the high ground is guaranteed to win no matter the scenario, and by destroying his younger self and any future potential of him acquiring the high ground, he renders him winning this fight impossible to begin with, in which case bombastic somersault obi-wan would win the fight but eventually live on and acquire the high ground which means that high ground obi-wan will win which means
Oliphaunts. Like elephants, but pronounced cooler.
J.R.R. Tolkien, waking up at 3 am in a cold sweat with an amazing idea for a fantasy creature that he simply must share with the world (via feanory)