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[(Anonymous)]

yeah it's really sexist?

you've obviously never read much mainstream fantasy if you think tolkien is the worst black and white morality offender, compared to many other writers in the genre he's downright nuanced

by which i mean that a lot of fantasy is painfully black and white in morality

[(Anonymous)]

ik it is, but idc how less bad he was than they are bc even then its still pretty bad

just bc the other standards are so low doesnt mean its not tiring hearing the same weak defenses when pointing out a flaw in his writing, esp since he popularized many fantasy tropes

[(Anonymous)]

i think a problem is that people always express themselves in extremes

lotr can't just be sexist or have black and white morality, no it has to be most misogynist morally black and white piece of shit problematic trash in existence

which then leads people who would agree that lotr is sexist and black and white in morality to point out that it's not the actual worst when compared to other works in the genre

[(Anonymous)]

ok gentlefarter, no one is saying its the worst, we don't have to preface all criticisms by acknowledging that other shit is bad when we want to talk about one particular work

literally no one said it was problematic trash except you projecting but if you really can't get why ppl would have problems with a popular series that's more influential on pop culture than other shitty fantasy, then mb you need to not stan it every time

[(Anonymous)]

u need to read a ton of fantasy to have a problem with his morality? lol