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.
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