Alan Sisto

I mean, really.

This is like, do we care about people's personal lives that deeply?

We shouldn't, maybe.

I mean, Gandalf doesn't.

Whatever, man.

You're not hurting anybody.

Have a smoke.

So in a really clear illustration of who Gandalf is, and I love this because it's another way that really differentiates him from Sodom.

He doesn't say anything to anybody about Sodom's pipe smoking or even his Shire visits.

And the reason, the text gives us a very specific reason.

He didn't want anyone to be put to shame.

He is.

He's a good guy.

And he just doesn't want anybody to suffer unnecessarily.

You know that if it had been the other way around, Saruman would have absolutely been spreading rumors and then finally coming out with some sort of ironclad evidence against Gandalf to mock him.

Yeah.

I really like this.

I think it's a very, this is one of those sort of, there's a lot of things that we can take from Tolkien, but I like this moment as sort of a

this might be a good way for you to live your life.

Like don't make such a big deal out of, out of people's stuff.