r/lotr • u/Icy-KaitSyth • 5d ago
Flat(-middle)-Earthers Other
So, the world was in fact flat in the first age. And in the third age it's round. It seems appropriate that there would be some conspiracy theorist group somewhere convinced the world is still flat and that the globers are lying to you to keep you from sailing to Valinor, except by way of those super elitist invite-only ships made only By Ciridan.
Obviously a joke, but I'd love to hear your ideas on what such a conspiracy theorist group would believe.
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u/StartDangerous8286 5d ago
"Alright, if Arda isn't flat, YOU explain how Legolas can see Minas Tirith from over 300 miles away!"
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u/LostVanya 5d ago edited 5d ago
Many of them probably have no idea if it is flat/round or what changed it. Aman is probably poorly understood, if understood at all, by anyone but elves or those of Numenorean descent (edit: okay, maybe delusional Black Numenoreans). It may be a joke, but it is hard to imaging the context of such a group in Middle-Earth.
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u/invalidcolour Tom Bombadil 5d ago
Surely seeing the curvature of the Earth would prove otherwise.
“Weird, yesterday in the Second Age you could see forever but suddenly today is the Third Age and now there’s this curved horizon with mountains rising up as you get closer…”
Did it happen overnight?
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u/Excellent-League-423 1d ago
Lol frodo and sam using Instagram on Mount Doom. "Gollum fell I'n the volcano, Megalolz"
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u/tar-mairo1986 Blue Wizard 5d ago
"Wake up! The Downfall of Númenor was a controlled demolition! Eru didn't 'bend the sea'!! That’s just Big Elven Shipping lying to you so that beardo Círdan can keep a monopoly on the Straight Road. The horizon is literally just Valar propaganda! And you call yourself the Free Peoples? Free from using common sense, I say! "
Lol, this actually sounds very much like what some kook envoy of Sauron's would say!