Comment on Where did I go wrong?
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
No no no. You need to start by explaining the evolution of mapmaking, before focusing on the monsters.
Not-map people don’t have enough background on maps, so you must provide that first.
bedwyr@piefed.ca 3 days ago
That must have been the problem. I feel like it’s the same problem I had, not describing the backstory to middle earth fully to my date as I told her of the third age…
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
How did you expect her to understand the significance of the Númenor and the sword of Elendil, or Aragon’s reluctance to claim his rightful throne, let alone the rings worn by Gandalf, Galadriel, and Elrond? Or why there are exactly nine ring wraiths?
Honestly, did you expect her to just accept the notion that some existential evil was for some reason deciding to wake up now and begin terrorizing the entire known world, without knowing the reasons why, or why destroying this old piece of jewelry is the only way to defeat the evil?
Even the movies cover that part in the very beginning!