I mean, the name!
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spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They know what they are doing, and that is openly bragging about how evil they are.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
The palantiri (Tolkien) are not evil. Literally just a magic telescope ball.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I know, but given that when we see them in the series they’re exclusively used by Evil, its… it just floors me
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
And the whole reason they’re evil is because the most powerful person who has one gets to choose what all the others see. I’m sure there’s no metaphor there.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean, the company is literally named after this fucking thing from LOTR. These people are comic book level evil.
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