Throwback to that time in college when me and a group of friends were having an all-day Lord of the Rings marathon, and during the scene where the Fellowship is fighting the giant squid and Aragorn does something awesome, I turned to my friend and was like,

“Strider is so hot.”

Strider being one of Aragorn’s in-universe nicknames, for the uninitiated.

And one of the guys in the group, who I had never met before, was like “WHAT? Really???” with enormous eyes.

“Uh, yeah?”

I look to my friend, who makes confirmation noises. I look at some of the other girls, more confirmation noises.

Guy, now looking very uncomfortable, but realizing he made some kind of misstep: “Oh. I mean. Whatever you’re into, I guess. That’s fine.”

Me: “Okay??”

Then a SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME LATER, either I make another comment or someone in the film calls Aragorn Strider, I can’t remember the context, and the guy goes: “OH! Strider is Aragorn. Okay. Okay.”

Me: “Who tf did you think I was talking about??”

Guy: “The squid.”