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JohnDClay, What could be shoot that he didn’t already shoot? In the books, he already managed to fell a fell beast from long range. And it’s not like shooting the eye of Sauron with a sniper rifle would kill him.
the_joeba, Not with that attitude
takeda, He did all of that with a bow, imagine him with a sniper rifle…
Mango, (edited ) Honestly, it seems like he’d have about equal stopping and slower fire rate.
Blue_Morpho, Same number of kills just at longer range. Gimli still wins.
jewbacca117, it would be much harder to stab an orc with an arrow then shoot said arrow if Legolas was armed with a sniper rifle
Khrux, He could just do the equivalent and stab them with bullet, duh
Ephera, Bayonet?
ryathal, A sniper file would have stopped the orc that blows up the wall at helms deep.
nova_ad_vitum, (edited ) And it’s not like shooting the eye of Sauron with a sniper rifle would kill him.
I agree, but I still think someone should have tried. Even if it didn’t kill him there’s a giant gulf between not killing him and doing nothing.
This applies more to Voldemort than to the eye of Sauron tbh. Ofc he has horcruxes blah blah blah but if they just got an SAS sniper to shoot a 50 cal sniper round at him from a mile out - again, I’m not saying it would kill him but… would it have done nothing? All I’m saying is there’s a thing called due diligence and they should have at least tried.
creditCrazy, 
Also it might be possible that attacking the eye of soron could blind him.
someguy3, (edited ) “What do your elf eyes see?” takes on a whole new meaning.
Crashumbc, Or the eagles take the ring to mount doom… One page done
Decoy321, Every time I hear this idea, I think of this Oglaf comic
uid0gid0, He’d prefer if they walk
caseyweederman, Sauron was watching for that though. It’s easy to fly out of a place when the defenses are all down.
ooterness, Why does he still have a quiver full of arrows?
Aurenkin, In case of close quarters fighting
shadmere, To load the gun. Pay attention!
MataVatnik, 
It’s actually full of mags
Fedizen, those are actually for cleaning the barrel
OpenStars, 
That’s an awfully thick book on the right to hold one page’s worth of material. Heck with a simple modification it could be one sentence:
“Legolas fires the ring straight into Mt. Doom with an RPG attachment.”
:-P
MataVatnik,
Obi, 
5 right, very long, tightens.
MataVatnik, 3 left over crest, caution, narrow unseen hairpin
jelloeater85, 
They fly, no fools… 🏎️
EtherWhack, 
Strider is a black hawk pilot
jewbacca117, One does not simply drive into Morder
Slovene, You’re breaking the car Samir!
Peter1986C, (edited ) 
That is a reference to this video, which I had almost forgotten about (but you awakened my memory of).
mack7400, I can’t rally the ring, Mr. Frodo…but I can rally you!
jaybone, One does not simply Mitsubishi four door
creditCrazy, It may be a short story but boy is it a movie I wanna see
NigelFrobisher, He basically did in the movies tho.
Potatos_are_not_friends, (edited ) I think it’s really stupid that Gandalf didn’t just super Saiyan every obstacle like is he stupid?
Winb00m,
Akasazh, 
Bravo
caseyweederman, Like he and Merry wouldn’t have set it off in the Shire out of curiosity
hglman, Its bc Pipen is also the President of the United States
nilloc, 9/10 Pippin needs a pair of those nuclear test goggles.
creditCrazy, Lord of the nuclear weapons race.
ICastFist, 
That fool of a Took would nuke Gondor by accident
Annoyed_Crabby, He shoot his arrow faster than he can reload a sniper rifle, and he took down a freaking giant elephant with a freaking bow and arrow! Recoil will just slow him down.
And he mostly have to deal with load of uruks, an assault rifle will be better for him.
MacNCheezus, 
Username checks out
Abnorc, Elves have standards.
Be polite.
Be efficient.
Have a plan to kill every orc you meet.
creditCrazy, My party does not care for me at all.
I’m an assassin not a crazed elf.
What’s the difference. Well ones a job and the other is a mental sickness.
Gibliy put frodo on the communication spell.
EvilEyedPanda,
Swedneck, 
lord of the rings but gandalf has a trebuchet and mt. doom is within 300m
MacNCheezus, (edited ) Lord of the Rings but Frodo has an assault rifle.
https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/af82f125-eca5-4433-b83a-a589ea8b6145.jpeg
Wogi, I’m kinda sad it’s a normal size rifle. He’s a Hobbit it should be huge
Swedneck, it was specially comissioned
MissJinx, 
Frodo is a little bitch, give it to Sam
MacNCheezus, (edited ) Lord of the Rings but Sam has an assault rifle… and an armored SUV
https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/1a6984f9-310f-4c0f-b293-8181b238585d.jpeg
Sotuanduso,
- They can outrun the black riders.
- The black riders alert the witch-king.
- They can’t outrun the fellbeast.
So yeah, pretty short. But if they are able to maintain stealth, then:
- They get stopped at Caradhras by bad weather anyways.
- They go through Rohan instead of Moria (otherwise they’d have to abandon the SUV or be very dangerous.)
- They outrun any of the cavalry that might try to stop them.
- They get through Minas Tirith months before the battle, no biggie.
- They get stumped at the Black Gate.
ArcaneSlime,
- They call in Gandalf in his A10 Thunderbolt II (because the eagles didn’t have a 30mm GAU-8 Avenger). Drops a paveway on the Black Gate and dumps 1,174 30mm slugs and a few clusters of hydra 70mm rockets into the horde.
Swedneck, (edited ) armored cars really only make sense for open areas, what they should have is 6-wheeled ATVs like finnish military messengers have.
MissJinx, I would watch this movie!
ICastFist, “Time to TRIM and MOW DOWN Mordor’s orcish hordes!” - Samwise “The Gardener” Gamgee
Shapillon, Frodo is the sentient equivalent of tying the ring to a snail.
Jokes aside he is supposed to be exceptionally resilient to its corruption.
ICastFist, ONE SHOT TWO KILLS MOTHERFUCKER!
Fedizen, Lord of the rings but the giant eagles are stealth bombers.
Zink, There must be room in the world for a high budget “Mordor vs USA” parody movie.
Or maybe a 30 second comedy video.
DogWater, Reminds me of the sniper in saving Private Ryan.
Put me within 1 mile of the furer, you can pack it up boys, wars over, we going home
Or something like that
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