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iridescentoracle · 7 months ago

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#the juxtaposition of the rhapsodies about plantlife and allusions to more mythologies than 1 person can possibly catch #and the grounded comedy of sam gamgee breaking a guy’s nose with an apple #is imo a KEY element of the whole experience (via tanoraqui)

Lord of the Rings is so good. I’m just not over how good it is. I knew I’d like it on the macro scale, and I knew and cared deeply about the characters beforehand, via movies, meta, osmosis. But what the fuck it’s just wall to wall descriptions of a hedge that are transcendental — like that hedge is making me feel like I’m 20 and talking to a beautiful girl in a club bathroom — and catty dialogue and also a small love story to the some particular dyke constructed in the Dark Ages.

#it's about the dualities!!! the both-and!!#the world is full of stories and plants and landscapes which are beautiful and wondrous in and of themselves #and a thousand times over in the endless works of art they can inspire and which can be inspired in turn by those #AND at the end of the day we're all still people and keeping that in perspective matters too #beauty and grandeur are all well and good but everyone still needs food and sleep and the ability to laugh at themselves sometimes #there's a reason the main characters of this grand epic tale of larger-than-life mythological figures and heroes #standing together against an overwhelming evil #*are* the hobbits #bc they're the ones who can actually be the counterbalance that keeps the whole thing grounded!#also other reasons and that's not their exclusive role in the story nor are they a monolith bc nothing is generally that simple with tolkie #but still #lotr #lotr meta #the lord of the rings #truly though like. there is a REASON so many of the most memorable/funny lines are about the contrast #the high beautiful epic language #and then a rebuttal in the most ordinary casual tone #behold‚ saruman of many colors!!!! gandalf liked white better #and so forth #(my personal favorite examples are in ROTK so for spoilers reasons i shall not quote them here but who needs more than that one anyway)

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