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Originally Posted by Lord Halsar
You misunderstand me. i know this that you have presented. i am not saying that the laws of nature do not aply to Middle Earth. i am merely stating it is, shall we say, fantasy terms. a way to express tolkien's ingenuity and the ability to make such a complicated, yet understandable world.
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Maybe so; maybe not. I speak not only of the laws of nature, but the 'laws of Tolkien' as well. He set up a world and then attempted to stay within the rules of that world. It's that consistency that makes for a good read. Think of a mystery that you've read where, all of the sudden, a new character conveniently shows up and has some effect that completely ruins the story, as you sit and think, "Well, isn't that just sooo convenient!" Think that that's called
deus ex machina, and can lose the reader's confidence.
Probably should have used the word
rule instead of law. Sorry for the confusion.