Tolkien himself - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

TheLostPilgrim · 01-06-2012, 01:29 PM

Does anyone else wonder Tolkien would've been like even say in casual conversation? Given the way his mind worked in writing, he seems to have dwelt--not in any negative way--in the stories and world he made. I do not mean this in a negative way at all--Just Tolkien himself seemed to be as much of a "force" as the characters in his stories were. I just wonder if he was someone of a pedantic sort, a "bore" to talk to, being an academic...He seems to have been, in general, a highly intelligent man. Is there anyone else that wishes they might've had the chance to meet him?

I just have this image of him as a solitary, lone scholar by candlelight--Probably not at all accurate. But not the most "approachable" man--Not for any meanness of character, but simply just someone removed from others in a way. I suppose I am just coloring my image of the Professor with the beautiful shades of his works, making him an almost real life Gandalf type figure.

01-06-2012, 01:29 PM	#1
TheLostPilgrim Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 72	Tolkien himself Does anyone else wonder Tolkien would've been like even say in casual conversation? Given the way his mind worked in writing, he seems to have dwelt--not in any negative way--in the stories and world he made. I do not mean this in a negative way at all--Just Tolkien himself seemed to be as much of a "force" as the characters in his stories were. I just wonder if he was someone of a pedantic sort, a "bore" to talk to, being an academic...He seems to have been, in general, a highly intelligent man. Is there anyone else that wishes they might've had the chance to meet him? I just have this image of him as a solitary, lone scholar by candlelight--Probably not at all accurate. But not the most "approachable" man--Not for any meanness of character, but simply just someone removed from others in a way. I suppose I am just coloring my image of the Professor with the beautiful shades of his works, making him an almost real life Gandalf type figure.