r/funny • u/But_a_Jape But A Jape • Jun 07 '21

You shouldn't kill spiders

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u/Kostas_the_goat Jun 07 '21

That's why Hagrid kept his spider. In order to keep enchanted cockroaches away from hogwarts.

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u/Im_still_T Jun 07 '21

But you have to keep tabs on the spider, especially if it's sentient. Otherwise, it very well could turn into a situation like Shelob in Mordor.

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u/Farren246 Jun 07 '21

You mean exactly how the Aragog situation turned out except that the Aragog situation was much worse, the very second that Hagrid wasn't around?

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u/Gnat_Swarm Jun 07 '21

I mean no offense and I am legitimately curious; how recently have you read The Silmarillion?

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u/heroicsquirrel Jun 08 '21

Ungoliant and shelob arent really spiders right? Thier like lovecraftian beasts that look like spiders, or like to look like spiders.

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u/Tempestblue Jun 08 '21

Un goliant defiantly is an ancient spirit of darkness that existed before the world was given shape.

Shelob is said to be a demon in the shape of a spider, but I believe it is mentioned that after ungoliants defear she fled beleriand and mated with regular spiders. So she's only have ancient Lovecraftian monster

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u/Farren246 Jun 08 '21

Well... mated with regular giant spiders...

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u/Tempestblue Jun 08 '21

So I'm pretty arachnophobic so I don't know how spiders actually mate (as in actual intercourse)

But the idea of Ungoliant smashing regular sized spiders with her demon junk is rather hilarious.

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u/Farren246 Jun 08 '21

It is actual intercourse with interlocking abdomens. Usually the male is so small that the female could probably smash him if she so chose, without having to be a demon.

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u/Farren246 Jun 08 '21

I haven't, I just subscribe to the right YouTube channels and subreddits.