• CrawlMarks [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    18 days ago

    I mean, for the first part of the story he was king of jerking off in the woods with a broken sword. You are right that that is how he ended up at the end of the book but to my knowledge he is no less of a king when was strider than when he was sitting on the throne.

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      18 days ago

      Oh I get what youre saying now. I misread your initial post. You meant as strider he was king of nothing and is still king. Gotcha. I thought you were just calling him that and like middle earth was basically a nothing kingdom post lotr

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          17 days ago

          I still don’t think I get where youre coming from in regards to Aragorn. Could you explain in your own words? I’ve got some guesses but they all fall kinda flat

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            17 days ago

            King is a job title right? LotR implies that when Aragon was just foraging in the woods living in the woods he was still a king. The anarcho monarchies is that his relationship to a kingdom does not dictate his status

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              17 days ago

              Okay that’s what I thought you meant on a second read but was wrong on the first. Its maybe even elss anarcho monarchies than wanting an anarchists monarch