Tolkien was obsessed w creating an authentically British national mythology even though Britain already had lots of thosehttps://twitter.com/andrierlingsson/status/863410966578507777 …
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Tolkien had a LOT of silly hang-ups like believing that his authentic made-up languages were a bigger drive for readers than plot.
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CS Lewis' That Hideous Strength is a mashup where he directly conflates Tolkien's Numenor with Arthurian Avalon and Tolkien was so pissed
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Anyway long story short Tolkien hated the Frenchies, was still butt hurt over the Norman conquest, and possibly would've voted for Brexit
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2. Hence The Silmarillion.
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