"Naught but wood" (all Tolkien fans must read)

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  • tangar
    Veteran
    • Mar 2015
    • 1004

    "Naught but wood" (all Tolkien fans must read)



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  • Nick
    Vanilla maintainer
    • Apr 2007
    • 9637

    #2
    I'm convinced.
    One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
    In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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    • Estie
      Veteran
      • Apr 2008
      • 2347

      #3
      So obvious, once its pointed out.

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      • Grotug
        Veteran
        • Nov 2013
        • 1637

        #4
        mind blown!!
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        • bio_hazard
          Knight
          • Dec 2008
          • 649

          #5
          Not the subtext I expected in a lengthy essay about Gimli and Legolas.

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          • fiery_mews
            Scout
            • Sep 2020
            • 26

            #6
            TBH I'm not convinced, and if this was the intended subtext, it would lessen my respect for Tolkien. Faramir is not like his brother, Saruman is not like Gandalf, Aragorn is homely and sketchy looking but "all that is gold does not glitter"... but at the end of the day Gimli is just another greedy Dwarf? Nah. I do not like.

            Not that there aren't similar undercurrents elsewhere (the only good orc is a dead orc, after all). But I like to think Tolkien was at least a little more hip than this, esp. since IIRC he's pretty explicit in his letters about the Dwarves being inspired by Jews.

            @bio_hazard: LOL, you and me both.

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            • Pete Mack
              Prophet
              • Apr 2007
              • 6883

              #7
              Read the whole thing. The argument clincher is saved for the very end.

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              • fiery_mews
                Scout
                • Sep 2020
                • 26

                #8
                Pete, I did read the whole thing. Not like I don't have some even farther fetched headcanons though, so YMMV.

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