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Lord Of The Rings Memes

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Here's the other problem... He repeats himself.

So the book starts with the creation myth, the Gods creating the world with a song.

Then he tells it again, with a little more detail.

Then he tells it again with more detail about the various gods, who does what, divisions of labor and so on.

That happens over and over through the book... Ok, here are the elves. Next chapter. Elves get divided into multiple groups. Next chapter. Elvish family trees.

You have to get through all that before anything significant happens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think it's all very interesting, but I'll stick to watching videos on the topics or reading wiki pages. I'll let someone else reorganize it into a package actually meant for consumption.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I'm glad I did it, but your average wiki is more readable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that because the book is basically a collection of notes roughly edited together?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Reminds a bit of the beginning of the Fellowship of the Ring to be honest. That start is slooow

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Now imagine that with no dialog.