threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 25 days agoA Took and a Brandybucksh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1619arrow-down111
arrow-up1608arrow-down1imageA Took and a Brandybucksh.itjust.worksthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-225 days agoThe trees were not a metaphor for the US. Tolkien repeatedly stated he actively avoided using allegory in LOTR. Besides, if anything it was the common “nature getting revenge for what we’ve done to it” trope.
The trees were not a metaphor for the US. Tolkien repeatedly stated he actively avoided using allegory in LOTR.
Besides, if anything it was the common “nature getting revenge for what we’ve done to it” trope.