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[fearlesstemp]

Ok! So! This is probably because I haven't read the books, but I honestly don't get why people are angry about Gimli being funny in the movie. Like it negates his tough little dwarf persona. I mean, can't one be a badass mofo and also be funny? Intentionally or not? Because I loved Gimli in TTT. I thought he was funny, and brave, and a badass mofo to boot. I like a little funny in my badass mofo. And, as you may have guessed, I like the phrase badass mofo, but that's beside the point. And there is one.

Or maybe there isn't. Because really, who am I to say whether a funny Gimli is right or wrong? Am I the Gimli police? I haven't even read the book! I have no authority! None!

Yet watch me keep talking. Basically, I'm always puzzled whenever something/someone being funny is A Bad Thing because, almost always, I like it. Some could say this is because I lack appreciation for artistic integrity, and my affection for the films Dumb & Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective bears this out. Or maybe it's because I grew up in a house where Taking Everything Very, Very Seriously was the cardinal sin. Well, that and dropping f-bombs.

Is it because Gimli's short? Am I being insensitive to short people by finding him funny? But I laughed when Gandalf bumped his head in Bilbo's cabin in FotR! So I am equal-opportunity when it comes to humor arising from height disparities.

And let's face it, dwarf tossing? Comedy gold!

EDITED because I'm a tard and mixed up Dumbledore and Gandalf. What is wrong with me? Correction made.

Comments

[emluv.livejournal.com]

But I laughed when Dumbledore bumped his head in Bilbo's cabin in FotR!

heh. That would be Gandalf, sweetie. ;-) And if it helps, I laughed too.

such a ditz

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter is eating my brain! What is wrong with me? It's not like I've seen FotR five times or anything! And the Two Towers twice! Am so lame.

Thanks for the heads up, dude. And happy new year! :)