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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet
THey are the embodiment of our worst fear: endless existence in the void.
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Tolkien fans' fears or everyone's? A bit totalizing I think to say that we all have the same worst fear.
Perhaps its only the elvish amongst us who would have this fear, this great ennui? Not that Middle-earth itself is the void, but elves do seem to be chained to endless existence.
Which I suppose raises a question: which race do most Tolkien fans most identify with? Are those who have dreams or nightmares mainly elvish? Are the hobbitish amongst us fairly complacent sleepers? Do dwarves dream of smithyed sheep?