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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor LOTR fans, it's King Thoden and Wormtoungue
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For LOTR fans, it's King Thoden and Wormtoungue (Original Post)
edhopper
Mar 2017
OP
I think for Denethor, the parallel is the secure Trump Tower-Alfa Bank palantir link
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2017
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ismnotwasm
(41,975 posts)1. And Wormtoungue lusted for the kings daughter
This imagery is so gross...but apt.
LisaM
(27,801 posts)4. Eowyn was Theoden's niece.
Point taken, though!
mcar
(42,301 posts)2. Theoden, but drumpf is more Saruman
Theoden was a good guy. Wormtongue is right for Bannon - ick.
2naSalit
(86,534 posts)3. Yeah...
I made that comparison months ago, and a couple days after I posted that here some enterprising photoshop wiz came up with this...
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)5. I've been saying that for a long time
But in this case even if Wormtongue is removed, Theoden will still be a despot.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)6. More like regular Orc and Uruk-hai, maybe?
Theoden regained his honor. Those two never had any.
Maybe Denethor II and Wormtongue?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,306 posts)8. I think for Denethor, the parallel is the secure Trump Tower-Alfa Bank palantir link
Though even there, Denethor had some honour when he was younger.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)9. I really prefer not to put either in one of my favorite book series.
Trump and Bannon are real. LOTR is a yearly escape from the real. I read "The Hobbit", LOTR, and "The Silmarillion" each year.
One of my favorite worlds.
Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)7. No. Theoden was fundamentally a good guy.