It's nothing but cliche after cliche after cliche. A dark lord sealed away for thousands of years? Medieval kingdoms? Elves and dwarves who (of course) hate each other? A mysterious old mentor wizard (who of course dies, but Tolkien didn't even have the guts to make the death stick)?
I don't see why everyone loves it so much. Tolkien should've read some Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Then maybe he could've come up with something good, or at least halfway original.
I mean the issue is half those cliques were byproducts of Tolkien himself. The entire epic fantasy genre was pioneered by guys who were fans of the dude.
It kinda of sucks in a way, since if you at all enjoy anything in the epic fantasy genre, even fucking dungeons and dragons, you have to have some knowledge of Tolkien’s stupid bigotries in order to “account” for them.
It's nothing but cliche after cliche after cliche. A dark lord sealed away for thousands of years? Medieval kingdoms? Elves and dwarves who (of course) hate each other? A mysterious old mentor wizard (who of course dies, but Tolkien didn't even have the guts to make the death stick)?
I don't see why everyone loves it so much. Tolkien should've read some Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Then maybe he could've come up with something good, or at least halfway original.
Squinting really hard at the screen trying to gauge how sarcastic you are
I am nothing but sincere in suggesting that Tolkien should have read Brandon Sanderson before starting work on his novel
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I mean the issue is half those cliques were byproducts of Tolkien himself. The entire epic fantasy genre was pioneered by guys who were fans of the dude.
It kinda of sucks in a way, since if you at all enjoy anything in the epic fantasy genre, even fucking dungeons and dragons, you have to have some knowledge of Tolkien’s stupid bigotries in order to “account” for them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson