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HerenIstarion · 10-29-2002, 07:53 AM

They are making Tolkien's ME real.
Being totally unimportant and inessential to the main plot, they are forming kind of entourage, the medium of "realness" in which main characters operate. Whilst reading LoTR I have no disbelief to suspend, I'm entirely in, thanks to those unimportant characters. This art of "realness" I met with no other writer but Tolkien, bless him

10-29-2002, 07:53 AM	#2
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	They are making Tolkien's ME real. Being totally unimportant and inessential to the main plot, they are forming kind of entourage, the medium of "realness" in which main characters operate. Whilst reading LoTR I have no disbelief to suspend, I'm entirely in, thanks to those unimportant characters. This art of "realness" I met with no other writer but Tolkien, bless him __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!