just misread ‘can’t stand minions’ as ‘can’t stand minoans’ and spent 5 minutes pondering how much of a grudge you could really have against the population of bronze age crete
Why Minoans are problematic:
– jumped over bulls = animal cruelty
– only used Linear A, which has never been deciphered, so basically very inaccessible and history’s tallest paywall
– spent all their time building palaces
– disappeared mysteriously, thus avoiding any accountability for the aforementioned
hear me out: a lotr game but you play as the ring, throwing yourself wantonly into the path of unsuspecting folk and slowly corrupting their minds as the game progresses
it’s a lovely morning in middle earth, and you are a horrible ring.
“My philosophy is whatever you do, you’ve got to invest in yourself. If you don’t, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they’re more prepared than you.
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And so life in the Shire goes on, very much as it has this past age. Full of its own comings and goings with change coming slowly, if it comes at all. For things are made to endure in the Shire, passing from one generation to the next. There’s always been a Baggins living here under the Hill, in Bag End. And there always will be.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson
