Gimli was just trying to help in any way he can. You think anyone in Elftopia was capable of hitting the ring with as much power as a dwarf in the prime of his life? They couldn't even punch down a tree, which is why their land is overrun with the bloody things. And the one time they made a "legendary" sword, it famously shattered into a million pieces. Wouldn't have happened with proper dwarf craftsmanship, I tell you!
That's the smart thing to do if you are a skeptic.
If everyone just shrugs and walks away when told "you can't go through that door", nobody ever discovers the whole city is a fake made by aliens to study humans.
Gimli was just trying to help in any way he can. You think anyone in Elftopia was capable of hitting the ring with as much power as a dwarf in the prime of his life? They couldn't even punch down a tree, which is why their land is overrun with the bloody things. And the one time they made a "legendary" sword, it famously shattered into a million pieces. Wouldn't have happened with proper dwarf craftsmanship, I tell you!
This comment has graduated to becoming my head canon for this scene
It makes everything make sense
That's the smart thing to do if you are a skeptic.
If everyone just shrugs and walks away when told "you can't go through that door", nobody ever discovers the whole city is a fake made by aliens to study humans.
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Gimli's gold sickness was for blonde hair, apparently
Gold
Throw it in a volcano? In the volcano district?