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[LOTR] Can orcs be happy?

Asking for a friend.
gpt
I guess they can be momentarily happy, in the manner of a miserable bully who gets a bit of a reprieve by picking on someone. But Tolkien's forces of evil cannot create, only twist and pervert. The orcs are fundamentally broken, wretched creatures.