Gandalf the Observant – Compliments of Wizards

Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson

Disclaimer: This series is simply a venture of silliness (Part 1 – Part 2)

You might think that Gandalf would be good at handing out compliments, and no one would blame you for the assumption. I mean he has had centuries to work on the art after all. But he isn’t always good at picking up on social cues. Examples include the old “Oh hey, my oldest friend is talking in overtly superior tones about middle earth, perhaps his motives are impure,” and “These horse dudes are always so friendly.”

But it’s a rare occasion that he says anything without meaning something completely different. He’s tricksy like that (as Gollum would later misattribute to hobbits in subsequent dealings). You have to beware the compliments of wizards.

The thing is that even if you receive a backhanded compliment from a wizard like “Boy, you sure should look older than you do,” there’s probably another message lying just beneath the surface. If you’re not certain what exactly they’re trying to say, you can at least start out with the assumption that they find something suspicious about you. They might even find you suspicious yourself.

Be wary of the compliments of wizards, for they are not what they seem.

Almost sounds like a line from some other fantasy book. I hope it has monkeys in it.

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