What Actually Are The Palantiri?
1.5M views · Jul 31, 2023 · Entertainment
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@illyth63 · 3 years ago
Denethor's obsessive and despairing use of the Palantir is maybe the best literary depiction of doom-scrolling.
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@SaulOhio · 3 years ago
Warning: Information sent over the Palantir network may be visible to other users.
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@NameOptional-p9u · 3 years ago
I think Denethor's "fall" is probably a very sad one. I image that at one time he was a very exceptional leader. Boromir himself was an exceptional leader and so was Faramir.
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@frjamesbozeman5375 · 2 years ago
I've read LOTR a billion times, but never put together the timing between Pippin looking into the stone of Orthanc, and how Aragorn's using it so quickly after this actually was very important in tricking Sauron into thinking that Aragorn had conquered Isengard and must be the new possessor of the Ring. Such good writing on Tolkien's 's part!
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@richardmather1906 · 3 years ago
Re: the strength of Denethor: it is worth noting that when Denethor looks in the stone the last time, he knows where Frodo is with the Ring and he knows what the plan is (having been told by Faramir). Despite being in the process of losing his mind, Sauron does not learn of it. That, IMO, speaks to the strength of Denethor's will. As we are told in the appendix, he and Aragorn were appeared to be as alike as near kindred.
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@lee-o5w5y · 3 years ago
I like Sauron's angry palantir phonecall via Pippin in the books like he's chewing out an employee.
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@shift0 · 2 years ago
It's interesting that the Palantirs not only misguided Saruman and Denethor to give them a wrong idea about reality, they also critically misled Sauron himself.
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@TheGazingEye · 11 months ago
The sheer amount of valuable magic nicknacks at the bottom of the sea in this setting...
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@Wordcræftig · 1 year ago
The palantir is eerily predictive of social media, which can be used to communicate or find out what's happening in the world, but can also be manipulated to change people's perception of reality and cause them to act on things that aren't actually true.
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@disgruntledtoons · 2 years ago
The part where Gandalf first takes the palantir from Pippin is parodied hilariously in Bored of the Rings: "You can't eat it, so you have no use for it."
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@green_dragon_knight · 3 years ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU4i-GdS33c&t=200">3:20</a> palantiri “video calls” - now I can only see Aragorn vs Sauron’s battle as a frustrating Zoom call where both are fighting over the screen share function for their duelling PowerPoint presentations 😂
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@freddypedraza2066 · 2 years ago
I love Tolkein how he was<br>"I dont know how it works!! Thats the end of it" <br>A pepsi later<br>"Fine, hand me a pen"
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