[Airedae]

i think personally, lovers of tolkien tend to want to understand the true emotions of life, the hardships, the battles of the heart and soul. those books tend to reach way down and bring out things that you have to embrace. others that dont want to are afraid to embrace whats inside of them. that may be way off base but thats what ive always thought about people who didnt want to give tolkien a chance. fantasy defiently has its levels. though personally, ive never felt comfortable with tolkien being put in the catagory of fantasy. just because something doesnt exist in our world does not mean it does not exist at all....many things exist in our hearts that make these things real. i think tolkien was a story teller of life, of the hardships of the human state....but thats just my opinion in a very large bowl of other opinions..im open to others opinions too...in not someone that is overly sensitive about other opinions..i just know how i feel about tolkien and his work..... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]