LOTR vs Harry Potter - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Emni Windrunner · 09-11-2002, 07:53 PM

I don't know how we could help but notice the cave troll. It kind of skewered Frodo (or tried to). What does that have to do with any of this?<P>As for not going back to HP once having read LOTR...well, I did. I still do. I go back and forth between the two pretty often. I don't consider one inferior to the other in terms of fantasy, because they're so different (not referring to archetypal characters or the so-called ripoffs--only a few of which I accept as possiblilities) in premise and intended audience. Both pull me in and both entertain. Granted, LOTR is a bit deeper content-wise, but Tolkien was going for more depth than Rowling is.

09-11-2002, 07:53 PM	#11
Emni Windrunner Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Nallennia Posts: 52	I don't know how we could help but notice the cave troll. It kind of skewered Frodo (or tried to). What does that have to do with any of this?<P>As for not going back to HP once having read LOTR...well, I did. I still do. I go back and forth between the two pretty often. I don't consider one inferior to the other in terms of fantasy, because they're so different (not referring to archetypal characters or the so-called ripoffs--only a few of which I accept as possiblilities) in premise and intended audience. Both pull me in and both entertain. Granted, LOTR is a bit deeper content-wise, but Tolkien was going for more depth than Rowling is. __________________ Marindia Elyais Lya Kandiro Elia Kandro Eilidh Andara Iliana Emnilia