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re: Who is the greatest fictional spider (spoilers
Posted on 1/21/17 at 11:55 am to athenslife101
Posted on 1/21/17 at 11:55 am to athenslife101
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Ungoliant
I'm not familiar. Could this spider beat Smaug in a fight?
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Posted on 1/21/17 at 12:05 pm to biglego
Easily. Easily. She's a Maiar spirits (think like angels), like Sauron, Gandalf, Sauruman, and the Balrogs
Posted on 1/21/17 at 12:11 pm to athenslife101
Where is Kumonga and Aragog? Do they not even garner consideration?
Posted on 1/21/17 at 12:17 pm to biglego
quote:Yep. Ungoliant was well on her way to fully enveloping Melkor/Morgoth in her web until multiple balrogs came to his aid and chased her off.
I'm not familiar. Could this spider beat Smaug in a fight?
Posted on 1/21/17 at 12:36 pm to pvilleguru
Ungoliant probably would have destroyed every character in LOTR/hobbit, including the balrog, Smaug, sauron, ringwraiths, Gandalf.
Posted on 1/21/17 at 1:03 pm to athenslife101
Why don't you go frick yourself tommy
Posted on 1/21/17 at 1:22 pm to athenslife101
quote:
Who is the greatest fictional spider
The Queen Spider from South Park. Even the Pope ceded authority to her.
Posted on 1/21/17 at 1:36 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 1/21/17 at 2:17 pm to lagallifrey
That's really fascinating. I need to read some Tolkien. I've only seen the movies and read the hobbit.
Posted on 1/21/17 at 3:04 pm to biglego
Children of Hurin was published recently and is good. Beren and Luthien book comes out soon, which was a good tale from the silmarillion that is referenced more than once in LOTR movies.
Posted on 1/21/17 at 3:18 pm to lagallifrey
Is it worthwhile to read the Silmarillion if I haven't read LOTR? I already have it on kindle.
Posted on 1/21/17 at 3:25 pm to biglego
Most of the events in silmarillion take place long before LOTR. It's been awhile but I think some of LOTR is referenced. I think reading it makes LOTR more enjoyable because there are tons of references to events and people in the silmarillion.
Just know that it reads more like an interesting history book than a novel. Some of the stories in it are great and you realize just how much of this world Tolkien had fleshed out.
Just a few examples: what are elves, orcs, dwarves, etc and where do they come from? What does it mean to go into the West over the sea? What are the wizards? What was that balrog? What are Sauron's origins?
Just know that it reads more like an interesting history book than a novel. Some of the stories in it are great and you realize just how much of this world Tolkien had fleshed out.
Just a few examples: what are elves, orcs, dwarves, etc and where do they come from? What does it mean to go into the West over the sea? What are the wizards? What was that balrog? What are Sauron's origins?
This post was edited on 1/21/17 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 1/21/17 at 5:14 pm to lagallifrey
Thanks for the input! Looking forward to it. It's been on my kindle a long time and it's time to do it.
Posted on 1/21/17 at 5:27 pm to biglego
The IT spider
Posted on 1/21/17 at 9:44 pm to athenslife101
The spider in Krull that is linked to the old lady living at the center of the web.
This post was edited on 1/21/17 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 1/21/17 at 9:52 pm to DannyB
The correct answer is of course Q1.
Loth Queen of the Demonweb Pits.
Loth Queen of the Demonweb Pits.
Posted on 1/21/17 at 10:06 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 1/21/17 at 10:12 pm to biglego
quote:I love LOTR and read have read it multiple times. Silmarillion is boring AF.
Is it worthwhile to read the Silmarillion if I haven't read LOTR?
Posted on 1/21/17 at 10:32 pm to athenslife101
Ok..
What about the facehugger in aliens?
I think it has eight legs...
What about the facehugger in aliens?
I think it has eight legs...
Posted on 1/21/17 at 10:50 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
quote:It all depends on your perspective and intent. Someone above said it was like a history book.
quote:
Is it worthwhile to read the Silmarillion if I haven't read LOTR?
I love LOTR and read have read it multiple times. Silmarillion is boring AF.
Basically, it's Tolkien's life's work, and a masterpiece of imagination. He created a mythology that basically merges Judao-Christian beliefs with Norse or Greek mythology. The scope is tremendous, and as such the individual stories are small and dry; much like elements of the Bible or other old myths are dry. God cast Lucifer down, Michael defeated him and cast him into Hell. Go read that sometime, I think it might take a page or maybe two. Similarly, not much fleshing out of the Olympians taking down the Titans.
But those are fertile grounds for development; and you arguably get more of that in Tolkien.
Honestly, I would guess there are at least 5, maybe a good bit more, stories that would be WAY more epic than LOTR, if they were detailed.
To answer the OP: Ungoliant in a landslide. She is literally the darkness that consumes all.
This post was edited on 1/21/17 at 10:52 pm
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