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I have a similar use case with my PC and TV. My PC is across the house from the TV and is connected via an HDMI over Ethernet KVM for when I want to use my PC as a gaming console.

What I ended up doing was creating an automation in Home Assistant to turn on my KVM via a smart plug, then wake-on-lan my PC, and intiate a Steam Big Picture mode gamescope session. This was pretty tedious to get working all together, and startup time is pretty abysmal (around 1 minute to get fully into Steam), but it does actually work consistently.

In case anyone is interested in replicating my setup: I’m running NixOS 25.11 with the Jovian flake installed, and launching my session via the systemd service run_gamescope. If you’re not on NixOS, you should still be able to build your own solution by emulating the Steam Deck startup services (honestly, it’s not that complicated), or looking into projects like ChimeraOS.

One clarification: Sauron also commanded legions of Uruk-hai. It’s undoubtedly true that Saruman did breed his Isengarder Uruks himself, but it’s unclear whether or not these Isengarder Uruk’s were the first man/orc hybrids, and furthermore it is unknown who developed the crossbreeding idea.

Uruk-hai is simply the black speech word, and Uruks is the English translation, so the existence (or lack thereof) of the -hai suffix is no indicator of origin for any individual Uruk, therefore I will omit it as I continue.

Uruks were first documented as the elite force of Sauron present in the siege and sacking of Osgiliath and Ithilien, which predates Saruman’s use of them by approximately 1000 years. The strongest and stoutest orcs in the Mines of Moria are called Uruks, as are the orcs scene marching from Cirith Ungol as Sam and Frodo enter Mordor.

In true Tolkien fashion, it’s left unclear whether or not the Uruks are man/orc hybrids or just very strong orcs. Treebeard speculates that they’re hybrids (due to half the reasons present in the meme), but there’s no definite answer. I’d like to believe that they are hybrids of some kind since it furthers the themes established earlier in the chronology of evil corrupting creation in new ways, but the grain of salt must still be acknowledged.

I’m of the opinion that Sauron, or possibly Morgoth (who famously had a knack for biology), developed the Uruks as an elite breed of soldiers. He then taught Saruman how to breed the Uruks to sow discord further west. The additional magics and technology is all Saruman though, since Sauron typically leaned on raw power after his fair form was destroyed.

TL;DR: Saruman ain’t original, he just copied Sauron’s homework

Another interesting note about flying evil creatures: the earliest forms of dragons in Tolkien’s works (and until after the primary writing of The Children of Húrin), were wingless. They were closer to dinosaurs rather than flying dragons. In fact, the father of dragons, Glaurung, was wingless and was similar to Fafnir in Norse mythology, with elements of Basilisk thrown in for good measure.

Tom Bombadil is (probably) the avatar of Arda itself, which makes him far stronger than a Balrog, but not omnipotent. Theoretically if Tom Bombadil had to solo the entirety of Morgoth’s forces in Dagor Dagorath, then he’d probably die, but who knows what would happen to the planet after that ¯\(ツ)/¯

One correction: Morgoth didn’t “create” any Balrogs. He merely corrupted Maia to his will