lotr: dwarves = jews, elves = christians, gondor = rome, hobbits = good ol' english folk, orcs = anyone who isn't white
@endlesstunnels if he'd been doing intentional allegory, he might've noticed all the racism sooner. (he did, much too late.) @ladygolem
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@chaosprime@ladygolem his intention was to explore linguistics/explore the narrative style of historic texts, not build metaphor -
@endlesstunnels oh, well, obviously authorial intent is a surefire prophylaxis against accidentally creating any metaphors.
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