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minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·1 个月前Yes, but it’s not spherical for the elves, just the other races, which is why elven boats can sail to the undying lands, but human boats can’t.
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 个月前Wait, is it the boat that ignores the spherical attribute or the entity that commands the boat? Can an elf sail to the undying lands commanding a human built vessel?
minus-squareKellenved@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 个月前I think you have to be an elf building a ship and convince each plank individually that the world is flat
minus-squareRedFrank24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 个月前It’s neither, it’s the Will of Eru Illuvatar that determines whether you can travel the Straight Road or not. Ælfwine travelled the Straight Road and landed at Tol Eressëa in 869AD after fleeing the Danes, and he was a Man, not an Elf.
minus-squareLv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 个月前Gimli and Frodo both also were able to sail to the undying lands
minus-squareRedFrank24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 个月前Yeah but Ælfwine got there by accident, and wasn’t escorted by elves.
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 个月前Eru damn tangential elves flying off into space.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 个月前This gives strong “Lovecraft describing things he doesn’t understand as noneuclidian” vibes.
Yes, but it’s not spherical for the elves, just the other races, which is why elven boats can sail to the undying lands, but human boats can’t.
Wait, is it the boat that ignores the spherical attribute or the entity that commands the boat?
Can an elf sail to the undying lands commanding a human built vessel?
I think you have to be an elf building a ship and convince each plank individually that the world is flat
It’s neither, it’s the Will of Eru Illuvatar that determines whether you can travel the Straight Road or not. Ælfwine travelled the Straight Road and landed at Tol Eressëa in 869AD after fleeing the Danes, and he was a Man, not an Elf.
Gimli and Frodo both also were able to sail to the undying lands
Yeah but Ælfwine got there by accident, and wasn’t escorted by elves.
Eru damn tangential elves flying off into space.
This gives strong “Lovecraft describing things he doesn’t understand as noneuclidian” vibes.