LOTR vs Harry Potter - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lily Tussle · 02-19-2002, 06:12 PM

One of my most favourite authors once said that Tolkien was the beginning of Fantasy. Of course you had those sappy medievil melodramatic romances, but that was hardly "fantasy". So as I see it, everything after Tolkien was based, even if only remotely, on Tolkien. I mean, come on, he's got to be the genuis author of the millenium!<P>The problem, I think, is that no one in the Fellowship is female! Sure, Galadriel and Arwen are major chracters, not to mention Luthién, Ëarendil, and Éowyn.....but I still think it's a little unfair that ALL the MAIN characters are MALE....<BR>(can you tell I'm bitter? )

02-19-2002, 06:12 PM	#1
Lily Tussle Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pincup, The Shire, Eriador, Middle Earth Posts: 14	One of my most favourite authors once said that Tolkien was the beginning of Fantasy. Of course you had those sappy medievil melodramatic romances, but that was hardly "fantasy". So as I see it, everything after Tolkien was based, even if only remotely, on Tolkien. I mean, come on, he's got to be the genuis author of the millenium!<P>The problem, I think, is that no one in the Fellowship is female! Sure, Galadriel and Arwen are major chracters, not to mention Luthién, Ëarendil, and Éowyn.....but I still think it's a little unfair that ALL the MAIN characters are MALE....<BR>(can you tell I'm bitter? ) __________________ "Reading? I didn't know you could read."