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[–] phdepressed 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What is destroyed can be brought back but not in the same way. Destruction is not the end even though things won't be the same after, probably a world wars reference of sorts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not everything needs to have deep/real-world meaning. As i recall, Tolkien really didn't like people ascribing such things to his writing. They're just stories and should be treated as such.

[–] phdepressed 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's true but stories come from somewhere and people are allowed their own interpretations (within reason). Once something is out in the world you can't control how other people perceive it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Absolutely, but calling it a reference implies that it was intentional by the writer, which seems unlikely considering what he's said about such things.