I would never forgive this overrated reactionary weak-chinned motherfucker for ruining fantasy forever via choosing the word "race" to describe difference between elves, orcs, dwarfs and hobbits, instead of "kind", "kindred",

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Anonymous 16-01-25 06:56:33 No.44995

I would never forgive this overrated reactionary weak-chinned motherfucker for ruining fantasy forever via choosing the word "race" to describe difference between elves, orcs, dwarfs and hobbits, instead of "kind", "kindred", "ilk" or something other. Now all speculative fiction (no, really, not just fantasy) that deals with multiple sapient species co-existing in the same setting is connected with a real-world race theory/white supremacy, which is absolutely monstrous. You're a fucking linguist, Professor, you SHOULD have known better!

Anonymous 17-01-25 19:06:21 No.45007

>You're a fucking linguist, Professor, you SHOULD have known better!

What do you mean by that? You don't understand that all of this shit is intentional? Tolkien was a tradcath nationalist whose worldview was deeply influenced by contemporary notions of race.

Anonymous 19-01-25 08:27:22 No.45016

Tolkein supported the Spanish fascists and Franco in the civil war.
C.S. Lewis sided with the poor and defended the spanish left.

C.S. Lewis > Tolkein

Anything to do with LOTR should be censored and replaced by Lewis' stories.

Anonymous 20-01-25 05:09:35 No.45018

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>>45016
CS Lewis was a nonce though

Glownonymous 20-01-25 06:13:28 No.45019

>>44995
>>45007
>>45016
What about his WW2 letters though?

Anonymous 21-01-25 03:55:42 No.45021

>>45019
>What about his WW2 letters though?
The private ones to his son where he preferred that Nazi Germany wins the war? Or the single public letter where he sent a tongue-in-cheek answer to the Stürmer?

Anonymous 21-01-25 12:03:49 No.45024

>>45016
OP here. Nah, CS Lewis is even worse. At least Tolkien, even at his worst, does not non-stop shill for Christian God in an embarassingly blantant manner.

Glownonymous 21-01-25 13:08:14 No.45025

>>45021
>The private ones to his son where he preferred that Nazi Germany wins the war?
Which ones?

Anonymous 21-01-25 14:14:59 No.45026

>>45018
Lesser evilism

Anonymous 22-01-25 02:30:00 No.45028

>>45018
Is he, or are you thinking of Lewis Carroll?

Anonymous 22-01-25 14:06:26 No.45032

>>45028
Errr yes I believe I was.

Anonymous 23-01-25 04:43:46 No.45034

Fair but no need to focus on this over him ruining fantasy by reducing it to allegories and circlejerking of British "culture". But I fully believe whatever damage Tolkien initially caused, those dumb GI Jerkoffs Gygax and Arneson enshrined
And Moorcock was right btw

Anonymous 23-01-25 21:02:15 No.45036

>>45016
Fuck cs lewis to death bro

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