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William Cloud Hicklin · 11-20-2013, 01:13 PM

Lorien was dominated by the Mallorn tree, which today's environmentalists would abhor as an "introduced alien species" which has completely altered the native ecosystem.......

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If Tolkien's Elves were actually Celtic elves, they'd be right bastards. Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies gets closer, as does Jonathan Strange.

11-20-2013, 01:13 PM	#7
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	Lorien was dominated by the Mallorn tree, which today's environmentalists would abhor as an "introduced alien species" which has completely altered the native ecosystem....... -------------- If Tolkien's Elves were actually Celtic elves, they'd be right bastards. Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies gets closer, as does Jonathan Strange. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.