Tolkien was human right? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

AbercrombieOfRohan · 02-10-2006, 10:01 AM

What a topic...! I was convinced that I had read the title wrong, because there was no way that you could be suggesting that Tolkien was a little furry creature from Alpha Centauri, but lo and behold! that's something like what you are suggesting.

I think that all of us would be the first to point out the flaws in Tolkien's work (having read them so many times, we're bound to come across things that we really dislike.) Look at all the threads we have that are questioning Tolkien's "perfection" as you call it. There are thousands and thousands of threads dedicated to our discontent with Tolkien.

Here for one. Lush is questioning the lack of strong women in the Legendarium. I'm too lazy to look up other examples, but I'm quite sure that other BDer's will back me up in saying that, no, Tolkien is not perfect. Yes, he's our favourite writer (and probably your's too if you're on the boards), but that by no means makes him a perfect God-like figure. In fact, I think Tolkien would be more than a little disturbed at our discussion of such a topic.

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02-10-2006, 10:01 AM	#2
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	What a topic...! I was convinced that I had read the title wrong, because there was no way that you could be suggesting that Tolkien was a little furry creature from Alpha Centauri, but lo and behold! that's something like what you are suggesting. I think that all of us would be the first to point out the flaws in Tolkien's work (having read them so many times, we're bound to come across things that we really dislike.) Look at all the threads we have that are questioning Tolkien's "perfection" as you call it. There are thousands and thousands of threads dedicated to our discontent with Tolkien. Here for one. Lush is questioning the lack of strong women in the Legendarium. I'm too lazy to look up other examples, but I'm quite sure that other BDer's will back me up in saying that, no, Tolkien is not perfect. Yes, he's our favourite writer (and probably your's too if you're on the boards), but that by no means makes him a perfect God-like figure. In fact, I think Tolkien would be more than a little disturbed at our discussion of such a topic.