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eri-pl · 2 days ago

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So with @edennill mentioning isekai recently (a week ago? Idk), I started thinking and realized something: (if we ignore part of meta that's self-contradictory anyway or if we squint hard enough) if we are contemplating the concept of "isekai-ed into ME", landing there as an elf makes just as much sense as landing there as a human. Because the difference between the two kindreds is how they're tied to Arda and since we are getting thrown into a different world anyway (because this is the only way this premise makes any resemblance of sense, because time travel is a total mess) we can as well be more strongly tied to it. It makes just the same amount of sense as being more loosely tied.

(Tolkien said that there is no inherent physical difference between Men and Elves; the only difference is the nature of their bond with Arda and stuff like this, purely spiritual or whatever to call it.)

#silm #btw why don't we just call it “portal fantasy” anymore #anyway #what do i even tag this #should it get all the tags? probably #so:#silmarillion #tolkien legendarium #the silm #the silmarillion #i know that meta is there #but also we all know it's hard (impossible) to make it worth with the Silm #and generally if we want concepts like Isekai we can't go too deeply into philosophy #ok i can see a premise where it could work but it's.... like if CLS wrote a ME fic but even more... generally more #huh this would be funny to read if done well #but also so niche i don't think anyone would do it #especially that if we want to go explode all the deeper metaphysics we can just have fun with the half-official timeline #(not a typo just a pun)#rambling in tags #re: my new year resolution to be less vague #but half-official timeline i mean the things Tolkien said about Legendarium being our mythological past #Seventh Age... this basically #by “Isekai idea where you can explore the philosophy and not get plot holes from it” i mean:#Arda is a different world / planet / whatever and you get send there as ... i think “prophet” is the best word for it?#like: a divinely ordained isekai #Tolkien would hate this concept #🤣#hmmm #it's that non vague enough?

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