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Finwe · 12-30-2003, 03:43 PM

Kalimac, I noticed that too. Who knows, perhaps a few of my distant cousins were extras. (Since I'm Indian, I'm practically related to half the world. )<P>I actually didn't mind that at all. The Easterlings were supposed to be based on Asians, and the Haradrim were supposed to be based on Africans. After all, Tolkien was creating a mythos for England, not the entire world, and certainly not for this race-sensitive world.

12-30-2003, 03:43 PM	#1
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Kalimac, I noticed that too. Who knows, perhaps a few of my distant cousins were extras. (Since I'm Indian, I'm practically related to half the world. )<P>I actually didn't mind that at all. The Easterlings were supposed to be based on Asians, and the Haradrim were supposed to be based on Africans. After all, Tolkien was creating a mythos for England, not the entire world, and certainly not for this race-sensitive world. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.