![]() ![]() ![]() Yet there is an anomaly at the very heart of the story. In his work, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien created a saga in the tradition of the ancient northern European myths and legends that he had studied for much of his life. If readers of Tolkien in the fifties and sixties could not see how he and Frodo are modern heroes, let us add right away that no one seems to know, as yet, what postmodern or contemporary heroism is. This much is true about the heroism of our century, and it is probably truer of our century than of some earlier ones: it is rare, and it is not easy to recognize. Tolkien envisioned a character who embodied an old-fashioned ideal of heroism-but not at all in a conventional way. During the bloodiest century the world had ever known, a time of ever increasing disillusionment, the conventional hero became an increasingly rare figure in literature and the “anti-hero” increasingly popular. The Instagram account middleearth_official posted an edited version of the scene where Aragorn was swapped with Ricardo Milos (shown below) on June 2nd, 2019, and received 1,881 likes.How does one create a hero at a time when heroes have fallen out of favor? Much of the literature of the twentieth century shows an ambivalence about this question. On June 22, 2017, another image macro meme was uploaded to the Funny section of 9GAG under the title, “Who the hell is Frodo?” The post received 74 points and two comments. On Reddit, an r/photoshopbattles thread from September 29th, 2016, spawned an edited version of the scene dubbed “Star War of the Ring – Aragorn vs TR-8R.” Redditor LVMagnus posted the image (seen below) in the chain and received 24 upvotes. ![]() On July 28th, 2013, Soup.io (an Austrian social site) user Isjaki posted a version (seen below) referencing the death of Sean Bean’s character Ned Stark from the TV show Game of Thrones, and it was subsequently reposted by numerous users on the site.Īn image macro variant (shown below) was made by an unknown user on Imgflip in 2015 with the bottom text “Leeroy Jenkins!” in reference to the World of Warcraft meme and was viewed 686 times. On January 8th, 2013, an unknown user on Imgur uploaded an edit of the scene (shown below) with the caption “For Frodo” changed to “Yolo.” Though various images of the scene appear online several times before it was used as a meme, some of the earliest examples come from 2013. ![]() He then turns away from Sauron’s gaze and says, “For Frodo,” as he leads the charge and rushes into the opposing forces. Aragorn delivers his epic speech, emboldening the warriors, and dismounts his horse before turning to his companions and drawing his sword Andúril. The gate then opens and the army begins to surround the forces of good as they exchange worried looks of despair. The original clip the meme is pulled from is seen during the third and final Lord of the Rings movie, The Return of the King, specifically near the ending when the final battle for Middle Earth is underway and the remnants of humanity march towards Mordor to distract Sauron, thus providing Frodo and Sam a chance to sneak into Mount Doom so they can destroy the One Ring.ĭuring the scene (featured below), members of the Fellowship are gathered around the Black Gate alongside the remaining warriors of Gondor and Rohan in what is essentially a suicide mission to provoke Sauron and his orc army into leaving the lands of Mordor. ![]()
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