Don't do me like that

[Mister Underhill]

Originally Posted by Lush

Actually, I started this thread with a very specific question - absence of women in the Fellowship - and a very specific criticism - one which Lalaith nailed on the head much better than I did when I attempted it, in mind. It has morphed from then on out.

Re-reading that reposted first post, I don't see the question. I think this is the reason why a lot of people are confused and wondering what you want out of the thread. If, for example, you have some ideas on a connection between fairy tales and why there are few female characters in LotR, I'd be interested to hear them. I haven't yet. Have I? I've lost track -- it may be lack of sleep and a screen resolution that's set too high.

I'm looking at Lalaith's post that you keep referencing and even she doesn't seem quite sure of what you were going for originally. Is your peeve -- summed up by Lalaith -- that some posters use "real-world" reasoning to explain why there are relativey few female characters in LotR? And that said reasoning is sometimes, er, how shall we put this delicately? -- not very deep or insightful? If that's it, then 10-4, got it. Roger that. Is there more to the subject? For instance, some reason within the bounds of the created world, or maybe some sort of technical reason, which explains the lack?