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The Fellowship and "the help" (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] rowdyrockets@lemm.ee 73 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What we see here is called a “fantasy land”. You can tell because the rich and powerful try to help their subjugates.

IRL they would’ve just voted Sauron into office.

Good meme though.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Saruman, Grima, and Denethor are fairly realistic then

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 11 months ago

I can't see a real politician setting themselves on fire out of grief.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

You think a serf has the time for that fancy adventure?

[+] TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml -24 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Wait till you find out that Tolkien was also a racist

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait till you find out how may people born in 1892 were racist

[–] TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not-racists did exist at the time. Would be cool if Tolkien was ahead of the curve, but it's not going to diminish his legacy if we criticize him a little.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

As far as I'm aware Tolkien did oppose discrimination against Jews, though. He was once asked by the Hitler regime whether he was Aryan, and he responded with a sassy answer that he didn't have the honour of being one of those noble people from India, etc.

I think that had he been born in more modern times, he would have been the equivalent of a grandfather who might be a bit slow with the times, but certainly is no hateful person. In that context, it is all the more sacrilege what oligarchs have been trying to appropriate.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wait until you find out TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml talks out of his ass

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Che Guevera hated gay people

[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago

Shh... you're not allowed to point out racist and sexist themes in LOTR because as everyone knows, 'being a product of its time' absolves it of any modern criticism and saying otherwise makes you a woke DEI snowflake.