Bravo, Lush!
Society shouldn't be blamed for the differences in perception of a group of people. Different people will always have different opinions. That is a given. Philip Pullman is fully entitled to his own opinion and perception of Tolkien's works, just as we are entitled to our own opinions and perceptions. But could we not also say that our words are clouded with bias? We love these books, ergo, we will defend them at all costs. Perhaps it takes the (relatively) objective eye of a non-fan to understand Tolkien's characters. We have to take that into consideration.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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