Tolkien's historical POV was a conceit; contrast Bilbo's narration with Frodo's!
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Tolkien Studies turned this into Tolkien's Real Intent
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Tolkien Studies tried to assemble the history of Middle Earth the way you'd assemble Earth's history from a fragmentary record
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The idea that it has to mean something often washes out what it means, either to the reader or to the creator
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Look at this shit. Look at it. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault
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Some of the sources for this are one author spinning stories about a game that was never made and a Penny Arcade comic mocking Fallout
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Any of the reasons or impact from the games themselves is washed away; it's just a robotic collection of "facts"
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"facts", here, are things that exist in a world that doesn't
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Nerdism craves "facts". It craves fictional universes, perfectly embalmed with every detail catalogued.
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@a_man_in_black you're familiar w/the M. John Harrison "great clomping foot of nerdism" quote that's been scrubbed violently from the net?2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
@a_man_in_black oh, here we go, this one: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=4136
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