• penguin_von_doom [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Yes, he knows what he is doing. LOTR has a particular spot in Eastern European culture, that, as I said, in the West is fulfilled by say Harry Potter.

    Also, I'm afraid orcs are not explicitly based on that thrope, and if anything are more often presented as a classist caricature of British working class. If any racism is present it is not by explicit design of Tolkien.

    • JamesConnolly [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      ok debate nerd. I’m off to go shoot some British soldiers in the face

      :horsepoo-theory:

      Disengaging, don’t reply to me.