# Nerdy LOTR Request Re: Spoilers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-lotr-request-re-spoilers/138308>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 23, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-lotr-request-re-spoilers/138308 "2002-11-23T04:37:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-lotr-request-re-spoilers/138308/21 "2002-11-25T02:43:20Z")

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**Chronos** Your assumption is, or should be correct. Tolkien newbies should always assume there are spoilers in any Tolkien thread.

**Clair** Yes anyone who has seen the trailers or the cast list for [TTT] has seen Olorin, but I’ll wager there will be at least two threads complaining about it next month— in 23 days, but who’s counting.

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**Author:** ![SandWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SandWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandWriter)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-lotr-request-re-spoilers/138308/22 "2002-11-25T03:39:38Z")

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At the very end, a little piece of evil is left in a toaster…

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-lotr-request-re-spoilers/138308/23 "2002-11-25T05:36:10Z")

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The Silmarillion is a different beast - there’s no movie about it. So if you post spoilers about it, I don’t think you’ll irritate many people, because most will stop with the trilogy and The Hobbit (if that).

But if it’s a general Tolkien thread, then there’s apt to be spoilers of the trilogy/Hobbit and the movies; hopefully people will assume this might happen in such a (general) thread.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-lotr-request-re-spoilers/138308/24 "2002-11-25T06:13:51Z")

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Arwen turns out to be a guy…

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-lotr-request-re-spoilers/138308/25 "2002-11-25T06:22:08Z")

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Alright, how about this? If someone asks a question or makes a comment about **the movie** _The Two Towers_ then the book _Return of the King_ is off limits (or rather, requires a spoiler box or warning). But if someone asks a question about Tolkien or the book _Two Towers_, or about how the movie relates to these, then open discussion the book _Return of the King_ is okay.

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