how would Tolkien feel about fanfic or RPGs? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lush · 08-05-2007, 02:50 PM

I'm one of the few, the proud, the ones who said he wouldn't have cared.

However, I also think that not caring could also imply either a negative or a positive reaction.

I think he had enough going on in his life and in his head to not give the issue a great deal of conscious thought. Although surely he would have reacted in some way - in some small way, perhaps. And this reaction could take on different aspects over time - annoyance, perhaps, or amusement, or even a sense of occasional pleasure.

Writers are moody, after all.

View Poll Results: How would the Professor feel about fanfic?
He'd like the idea that his work was being carried on by those who loved it.	19	43.18%
He would want only his son or another authorised editor to oversee all Middle-earth stories.	10	22.73%
He'd tear his hair out with rage and disgust.	10	22.73%
He wouldnt' have cared.	5	11.36%
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08-05-2007, 02:50 PM	#22
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	I'm one of the few, the proud, the ones who said he wouldn't have cared. However, I also think that not caring could also imply either a negative or a positive reaction. I think he had enough going on in his life and in his head to not give the issue a great deal of conscious thought. Although surely he would have reacted in some way - in some small way, perhaps. And this reaction could take on different aspects over time - annoyance, perhaps, or amusement, or even a sense of occasional pleasure. Writers are moody, after all. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~