Why do you like the Tolkien fandom? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Galadriel · 12-15-2013, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mark12_30

I don't know, but now I'm glad I've dodged Game of Thrones....

Kidding. I like Tolkien fandom because I tend to find people who cherish beauty and truth. Tolkien did; and some (not all) of those who love him are drawn to what he loved, naturally and sympathetically. You could call it limbic resonance I suppose....

That's an interesting point, and not one I have actually thought of before.

Pervinca Took · 12-15-2013, 02:29 PM

My reasons are similar to Mithalwen's. There is very deep and genuine compassion at the heart of Tolkien's works, and what one reader who wrote to Tolkien called "sanctity."

I haven't read Game of Thrones. I did enjoy the Harry Potter series immensely, but it doesn't stand up to discussion the way Tolkien's works do. Plus the moral code/values behind it always feel rather calculated. It just doesn't generate discussion in the same way.

Mithalwen · 12-15-2013, 02:53 PM

My God daughter is very involved in Terry Pratchett fandom and both she and her brother both loved Harry Potter and were more involved in it, perhaps because they grew up with it. I have read both and have a lot of time for both authors perhaps because although their worlds are not as wondrous to me as Arda, they both have a palpable love of language and lore even if they have not created languages like Tolkien did.. and a measure of my love of Tolkien is linguistic.

12-15-2013, 02:29 PM	#2
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	My reasons are similar to Mithalwen's. There is very deep and genuine compassion at the heart of Tolkien's works, and what one reader who wrote to Tolkien called "sanctity." I haven't read Game of Thrones. I did enjoy the Harry Potter series immensely, but it doesn't stand up to discussion the way Tolkien's works do. Plus the moral code/values behind it always feel rather calculated. It just doesn't generate discussion in the same way. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

12-15-2013, 02:53 PM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	My God daughter is very involved in Terry Pratchett fandom and both she and her brother both loved Harry Potter and were more involved in it, perhaps because they grew up with it. I have read both and have a lot of time for both authors perhaps because although their worlds are not as wondrous to me as Arda, they both have a palpable love of language and lore even if they have not created languages like Tolkien did.. and a measure of my love of Tolkien is linguistic. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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