transcription: in lotr the word "man" is only used for human men so now im imagining like, someone: "are you a man or a woman?" pippin: "im a hobbit" someone: "but whats in your trousers?" pippin: "mostly snacks"
Correction, Tolkien uses 'man' for 'human' in general, following Old English semantics.
More accurately it'd be, "are you were or wife?"
Thus it came to the ears of Hobbiton that a guest was come, who asked of Pippin whether, as one of the Men, he was a were or wife. "Neither", Pippin declared: "I am an Hobbit". But the visitor was yet unwilling to yield, and asked once more which was the matter below his belt. "Food, I suppose, my sir; elevensies, lunch, and possibly an afternoon meal, if I will."
Some time ago, I realised a female werewolf is a wifwolf, which is just precious.
Yes, until the infuriating plot break when Tolkien had Éowyn say "I am no man" and fucking succeeded in killing the Witch King with Merry. Then he was absolutely using 'man' to mean cisgender male human.
Éowyn isn't her true name, Ann is. She is a gnome. I thought this was well-established.
I didn't know this. Granted, I've only watched the movies (extended editions of course, I'm not a heathen), but I don't remember seeing or hearing that at all...
That is true, but note that Tolkien used a lowercase there. (I've corrected mine to be uppercase).
Hobbits are men (distantly related) in Tolkien's lore.
Dwarves and Elves are completely different things.
Source for hobbits being related to men?
Still, Tolkien clearly states in "Concerning Hobbits" that hobbits are not technically a distinct race from Men, the way that Elves or Dwarves are, but branched off from other humans in the distant past of the Elder Days.
"What's in Frodo's trousers?"
Golum and Samwise in unison: "My precious" 🥵
Jesus, where's shakira to tell us to put a ring on it?
That's just Shakira law. I'm not a hiplian, so I am not required to
"What's in your trousers?"
Bilbo: "Guess!"
Hobbits and hobbettes.
Dwarfs and dmarfs.
How do they figure out which bathrooms to use without major incidents!?
Wherever the queue is the shortest.
Well, I suppose they all use the same outhouse.
One does not simply...