WHY CANT THIS SHIT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. GUYS TAKE SOME DAMN NOTES FROM TUMBLR OR READ A DAMN BOOK. OKAY? OKAY.
Lots of people have made jokes about Saruman the Rainbow Man but what kills me is the context of this quote. This is during the Council of Elrond, the longest chapter of Oops All Exposition in the history of ever, when Gandalf delivers this line.
We’ve just heard Elrond recount grand and ancient history—the beginning of the Ring—a tale of wars, of great kings, and of alliances between Men and Elves, figures of hero and legend whose names had faded into forgotten myths, only to be whispered in awed voices by the wise. We’ve heard Boromir speak of Gondor’s tireless vigil against the encroaching darkness; we watched Aragorn reveal the Sword That Was Broken, token of his storied ancestor, Isildur; we heard the long tale of the search for Gollum and the evidence buried deep in the vaults of Minas Tirith of how the Ring’s true nature could be revealed. We are seated in a gathering of some of the greatest chiefs of Men, Elves, and Dwarves, recounting grave news and speaking of dark tidings in the days to come.
And Gandalf interrupts his story just to make sure the whole Council knows what a SICK BURN he dropped on Saruman.
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