"The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”"

At least he’s not quoting Dumbledore.

Gandalf is the protagonist? Ancient MFer 2nd-tier angel showed up to check if a ring was fucked up but just left it there, later sends a letter to GTFO with an unreliable guy that never delivers it, gets captured by Saruman, lets Pippin steal his orb, and all kinds of other shit. While the real protagonists are out here fighting for their lives against shadows that can see into the unseen while they have no powers and max out at around 3 feet.

Next Pope letter better include some Frodo drops. “It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”

Not the protagonist, but a protagonist.

Every Numenorean dies, not every Numenorean truly lives.

Tolkien was a catholic after all.

Didyoutakethelord'snameinvainharry?

in the words of a protagonist

Yeah, he is one of em

I mean, he's already got the mageocracy fit and the retcon secret kink closet, so why not?

I mean, Catholicism is about "sharing the load", right? Communion and all that as weekly soul bukakke by proxy, etc.

(LPT: Try that quote next time you're blinking under fire and trying to keep that smile plastered on w/o letting it Sting, eh.)

Call me when the lawyers working for him are putting the pedo priests behind bars instead of keeping them out of jail. What a fucking hypocrite.

You cannot convince me this is not a direct snub to Palantir.