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Latest comment: 16 February 2015 by Ederchil in topic Spiders as EVIL?!?!
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::Also, they are not just animals, they are sentient, and thus can be evil. [[User:Sage|Sage]] 13:06, 8 February 2015 (UTC) | ::Also, they are not just animals, they are sentient, and thus can be evil. [[User:Sage|Sage]] 13:06, 8 February 2015 (UTC) | ||
:::Then if they are evil, why do they devour anything they kill? If they were evil they wouldn't. If they did, they would just be animals. I understand Ungoliant being evil, in that she serves Morgoth, but the other spiders? What makes them evil? [[Special:Contributions/209.89.245.46|209.89.245.46]] 22:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC) | :::Then if they are evil, why do they devour anything they kill? If they were evil they wouldn't. If they did, they would just be animals. I understand Ungoliant being evil, in that she serves Morgoth, but the other spiders? What makes them evil? [[Special:Contributions/209.89.245.46|209.89.245.46]] 22:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC) | ||
::::Canon makes them evil. No amount of reasoning trumps canon. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 22:49, 16 February 2015 (UTC) |
Revision as of 22:49, 16 February 2015
Removed the EoA-rip "evidently as common in [[Middle-earth]] as they are today.". I believe this phrasing too light-heartedly succumbs to the conception that Middle-earth is the same as the "real" world, which is merely one interpretation of the complex relationship between the two worlds. --Morgan 22:56, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
- Agreed.-- KingAragorn talk contribs edits email 00:16, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Spiders as EVIL?!?!
What? How can spiders be evil? They aren't evil. They're just animals trying to survive. If they were evil, they'd serve Sauron, but they're not. 209.89.245.46 01:36, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
- They're not the spiders we know. They're Ungoliant's spawn. Ungoliant was more than just a spider, they are more than just spiders. (They're HUGE!)
- Also, very fundamental flaw with your reasoning: not all evil serves Sauron. It can (and does) exist without him. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 02:05, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
- Also, they are not just animals, they are sentient, and thus can be evil. Sage 13:06, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
- Then if they are evil, why do they devour anything they kill? If they were evil they wouldn't. If they did, they would just be animals. I understand Ungoliant being evil, in that she serves Morgoth, but the other spiders? What makes them evil? 209.89.245.46 22:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- Also, they are not just animals, they are sentient, and thus can be evil. Sage 13:06, 8 February 2015 (UTC)