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Sauron would win. Best case scenario the bomb destroys the tower. That shouldn’t kill him though. His spirit would just become weak and wander around like it did in the past. Basically he would just have to rebuild himself all over again.
You could argue that it might kill him in the long run. He might be too weak to rebuild himself in time. Middle Earth changes so much after the bomb goes off that he loses his foothold over Mordor and consequently loses his method to grow.
OpenStars@piefed.social 2 days ago Unless it just happens to destroy the One Ring along with it?
Which if the Ring were in the Shire and the bomb dropped onto Mordor seems unlikely, but just imagine Frodo and Sam having walked all the way up the mountain and right there at that moment the bomb drops…
What horrific irony that would be.
Will middle earth be able to understand the concept of radiation? Is mordor now an untraversable land? Will they still be able to throw the ring into the mountain?
Hell I think nuking Mordor may be the biggest boon Sauron can get
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago Great. Now because of the radiation, you have super powered irradiated orcs.
Israel is Morodor
Anyone got the numbers on what happens in a nuke hits a volcano? would there even be enough mount doom left to toss a ring into or is the volcano itself indestructible
Yeah but then someone would have to make it to Mt Doom through nuclear fallout.
Probably in his heart Frodo would begin to understand… The quest would claim his life
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 2 days ago Just airburst the nuke, standard practice for maximum areal devastation and minimal fallout and by the time Frodo gets there most of the radiation has already dissipated and he can just trot along completely devastated and empty landscape. First 48-72h are the most dangerous and after 14 days it’s mostly safe.
Depending on the size of Mordor more than one nuke might be needed. Based on Google, Mordor seems to be bigger than Poland so an ICBM capable of carrying multiple warheads, up to 10-15, would be more suited for maximum areal destruction.
Could just destroy the ring in a fusion reactor.
Since Orcs are more susceptible to UV radiation, would they also be more affected by ionizing radiation from the fallout?
Interesting, but from a Tolkienian interpretation there is no strong reason to conclude they would be more affected by nuclear fallout, because their aversion to sunlight is likely symbolic and supernatural rather than a consequence of radiation sensitivity.
OpenStars@piefed.social 2 days ago Wouldn’t it only seem supernatural to us here outside the story, whereas to them inside of it, it would be entirely natural?
Therefore it may depend on how that sensitivity was implemented. (Both within and without the story.)
Klear@piefed.world 2 days ago
Ah, the Buffy method