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To: CondoleezzaProtege

In Lord of the Rings, orcs were once men but they were transformed by being under Sauron.

The point was that any one of us could be transformed into something inhumane, if we ended up in an inhumane system. It was an allegory of the Soviet Union.


9 posted on 07/08/2025 10:04:15 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He was so fat that it took a year for his memory foam mattress to forget him. )
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To: Jonty30
In Lord of the Rings, orcs were once men

According the Silmarillion, they were once elves, captured, tortured, and corrupted by Melkor, which makes their corruption even greater.

12 posted on 07/08/2025 10:32:55 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Jonty30

I believe it was written that orcs were once Elves. Corrupted, enslaved and tortured by Morgoth.


17 posted on 07/09/2025 4:29:54 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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