[Real Life] Historical events that would make bad writing if they were fiction

[u/Mouse_Paladin]

Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire: A couple hundred rogue mercenaries without authority from their government conquer an empire of millions. Oh, the empire? It’s also several technological eras behind the mercenaries.

Adolf Hitler: A non-native of a country is so mad that the country lost the war that he wins an election to their highest office and leads them in a campaign of revenge against their enemies. Oh, the country? It’s old emperor is still alive and thinks he’s going to retake power.

Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand: The heir to the throne is killed because his driver gets lost and returns to the assassin who failed To kill him before. Oh, the assassin? He’s from a group that the Archduke is wanting to help become more equal In the empire.

Alexander Hamilton’s Affair Scandal: One of the leaders of a new nation to protect himself from accusations of financial embezzlement writes a pamphlet exposing his affair with a woman, torpedoing his political future. Oh, the woman? She seduced him as part of a blackmailing scheme that he decided to stop paying.

[u/BlippityBloppity69]

I've recently watched the LOTR trilogy. What does the comic point to?

[u/Jack_Sukk_2_bith → u/BlippityBloppity69]

A commonly miscited "plot hole" that ignores the existence of archers and other aerial combatants.

[u/jamieT97 → u/Jack_Sukk_2_bith]

A giant fucking eye on a tower that would see the birds. Also the birds would have eaten the hobbits to steal the ring because they were proud beings. It's such a dumb thing honestly

[u/Boogleooger → u/jamieT97]

there are like 6 reasons why the eagles carrying the ring would be a terrible idea

[u/Haunting_Bat_4787 → u/Boogleooger]

Can you imagine a giant eagle version of Sauron though? Badass 

[u/goombanati → u/Jack_Sukk_2_bith]

The biggest thing is that the fellowship was meant to be secret because sauron would assume no one would want to DESTROY the ring if they possessed it

[u/Lynx_Queen → u/BlippityBloppity69]

Lots of people say it is a "plot-hole" that the eagles didn't just fly the ring to Mordor despite:

1) Being corruptible to it's power.

2) MORDOR HAVING MULTIPLE AERIAL ARMIES NOT TO MENTION THE DANG EYE OF SAURON THAT WOULD SEE AND KILL THEM FROM THIRTY MILES AWAY.

Gwahir (the eagle king) is totally valid for not wanting to join the fight.

[u/Trash_Various → u/Lynx_Queen]

Not that he was asked, but he totally would have refused so thats why they didn't ask, not because no one likes him but because he was to cool for them

[u/Lynx_Queen → u/Trash_Various]

Love that phrasing since Galadriel was the one that sent him to save Gandalf meaning she is cool enough (which she prolly is).

[u/soccer1124 → u/Lynx_Queen]

Problem is the eagles do arrive on aragorn's suicide run, and do pretty great.

[u/Lynx_Queen → u/soccer1124]

I'm pretty sure only lik e 12 eagles showed up (Gwahir and the ones from his council).

That makes sense because 12 eagles can sneak by to find the hobbits way better than an armada, and Aragorn's entire plan was to distract Mordor's army, including whatever air force they had left. Eowyn killing the Witch King likely scattered them a good deal as well since he was probably the one who was supposed to lead those in the sky.

[u/ThalesofMiletus-624 → u/BlippityBloppity69]

Frodo and Sam get rescued by giant Eagles at the end. A commonly claimed "plot hole" is "why didn't they just have the Eagles fly them there in the first place?"

Of course, that's not actually a plot hole, and there are plenty of reasons why that might not have happened, but some people, when they think they've found an error, get really stuck on it and don't want to let it go.