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1. bananaflag ◴[] No.42057566[source]
> So for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring either "Lord of the Rings" or "Fellowship of the Ring" would count as title drops (feel free to hover over the visualizations to explore the matches)!

An unacknowledged partial title drop for that movie is that "Lord of the Ring" (with no s at the end) is uttered.

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2. thaumasiotes ◴[] No.42057865[source]
That isn't the same thing. The Lord of the Rings is the One Ring. The Lord of the Ring is Sauron.
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3. throwawaycities ◴[] No.42057908[source]
In The Rings of Power Sauron is called Lord of the Rings (plural)
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4. Kiro ◴[] No.42057934[source]
> The Lord of the Rings is the One Ring

Source? I can't find anything.

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5. jachee ◴[] No.42058045{3}[source]
”One Ring to rule them all

And in the darkness bind them.”

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6. jimjimjim ◴[] No.42058181[source]
uh, no. I'm pretty sure Sauron is the Lord of the Rings including the one ring. Since he, you know, kind of made them all.
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7. jimjimjim ◴[] No.42058188{4}[source]
and Sauron used/uses that ring as a tool
8. chrismorgan ◴[] No.42058235[source]
Sauron is twice called the Lord of the Rings in book two.

In chapter one, Many Meetings, Gandalf tells Frodo:

> Yes, I knew of them. Indeed I spoke of them once to you; for the Black Riders are the Ringwraiths, the Nine Servants of the Lord of the Rings.

And in chapter two, The Council of Elrond, Glorfindel says:

> And even if we could, soon or late the Lord of the Rings would learn of its hiding place and would bend all his power towards it.

In the final chapter (The Grey Havens) of book six, the Red Book is also titled by Frodo “THE DOWNFALL OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE RETURN OF THE KING”. Now there’s a title drop.

(Just in case it’s not obvious: I’m talking about the books here, not the movies. Never seen ’em.)

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9. the_af ◴[] No.42058503[source]
The "Lord of the Rings" (plural) is explicitly acknowledged by Gandalf to be Sauron in the book.

Also in Peter Jackson's movie.

10. the_af ◴[] No.42058546{3}[source]
While you're right about Sauron being the Lord of the Rings, he didn't make all of them.

The three Elven rings were made in secret by Elves, and were untainted by Sauron. Disregard the TV show, which shows a version contradicting Tolkien.

This is the reason at the end of the Return of the King, with Sauron defeated, Gandalf, Galadriel and (Cirdan?) are able to openly wear the three again. Had they been tools of the Enemy, they would never have been worn again.

11. account42 ◴[] No.42058555{3}[source]
I'm not sure why you think fanfiction is relevant to this discussion.
12. the_af ◴[] No.42060288{3}[source]
I don't have my Fellowship at hand now, but doesn't Frodo joke near the beginning he's "the lord of the rings" and Gandalf scolds him by telling him something like "there's only one lord of the rings"?

Found the quote by googling, he was scolding Pippin, not Frodo, and it was "Ring" singular after all:

> "Hurray!" cried Pippin, springing up. "Here is our noble cousin! Make way for Frodo, Lord of the Ring!"

> "Hush!" said Gandalf from the shadows at the back of the porch. "Evil things do not come into this valley; but all the same we should not name them. The Lord of the Ring is not Frodo, but the master of the Dark Tower of Mordor, whose power is again stretching out over the world!"

(Book II, Chapter I)

13. bombcar ◴[] No.42069846[source]
Sauron is referred to as the Lord of the Ring and the Lord of the Rings (second being much more common) multiple times.

The Ring is referred to as The Ring, The One Ring, The Ruling Ring, and a few other things, but I do not think it is ever referred to as the "Lord" of anything.