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What would've JRR Tolkien said if you'd told him that his works would become the equivalent of Norse mythology and Wagner to a new and even more embarrassing generation of Nazis (hexbear.net)
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Like if you'd told him that some turbodweeb would name his automated gestapo machine Palantir without a shred of irony, or some other dweeb naming a weapons company Anduril

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[-] huf@hexbear.net 25 points 4 weeks ago

he was a man who could walk through some trees and see elves. yeah, the last gasp of the medieval mind.

[-] newacctidk@hexbear.net 15 points 4 weeks ago

And not only that, he used to be able to walk through those trees without being exhausted and ill as a result of a stroll. Losing that because of WW1 made him value that sense of magic so so deeply

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