gandalf in lotr is like a hardcore tolkien fan dropping references that nobody else in the fellowship except legolas and aragorn understand because they didn’t read the silmarillion when they were kids
gandalf: this is one of the rings of power, forged by the
dark lord sauron, servant of morgoth, in the fires of mount doom. with
it, he could hold dominion over middle earth once again.
frodo: …
gandalf: if he gets the ring the whole world, including the shire, will be destroyed
