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That's the Second Age for you. None of the major characters is supposed to be likable, except maybe Elendil. This is not a story about heroism and self-sacrific
by jltsiren 4y ago
That's the Second Age for you. None of the major characters is supposed to be likable, except maybe Elendil. This is not a story about heroism and self-sacrifice. It's a story where powerful people do stupid things out of pride, great empires fall, and almost everyone dies.
- inopinatus 4y agoThe peanut gallery does not like being reminded that their simplistic preferences make for poor art.
- thfuran 4y agoThat's the most pretentious thing I've read in some time.
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- inopinatus 4y agoSome might take that as a criticism, but when it comes to the creative and performing arts I'm an unabashed elitist snob, and it's a perspective I recommend.
- LunaSea 4y agoWhat kind of insecure loser you must be to have these kinds of opinions about other people's tastes in art.
- galangalalgol 4y agoThat is a good point. The simarillion was probably the first true tragedy I was wxposed to.
- zionic 4y agoThat’s just lazy writing, akin to those cheesy horror movies where everyone has to be a complete idiot to die to the monster. A much better story is where smart, cunning characters vie against one another. There’s eb and flow, give and take, maybe a few pivotal movements that set the characters down a path they’ll resist but ultimately succumb too. Where when they reach the end despite their best efforts looking back they made the (mostly) same choices but still failed. Early Game of Thrones was a masterpiece in this regard.