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hot take: the reason Lord of the Rings doesn’t go much into Aragorn’s tax policy is bcos Lord of the Rings is not about Aragorn. Lord of the Rings is about hobbits.
more specifically, lord of the rings is about Frodo’s journey. it starts with him getting the Ring and ends with him leaving middle earth. what Aragorn did as king is not expanded on in detail bcos it’s of 0 relevance to Frodo on account of he sailed off to the Undying Lands.
the majority of the societies visited are not described in detail and have an ‘unreal’, story-book quality compared to the Shire bcos our point of view characters are the hobbits and we are experiencing these places as they do. the Shire, their home, is in contrast very real and grounded and detailed.
#i love this post bcuz its just a direct drag of george r r martin
yes that’s exactly what it is
penny-anna:
penny-anna:
penny-anna:
penny-anna:
hot take: the reason Lord of the Rings doesn’t go much into Aragorn’s tax policy is bcos Lord of the Rings is not about Aragorn. Lord of the Rings is about hobbits.
more specifically, lord of the rings is about Frodo’s journey. it starts with him getting the Ring and ends with him leaving middle earth. what Aragorn did as king is not expanded on in detail bcos it’s of 0 relevance to Frodo on account of he sailed off to the Undying Lands.
the majority of the societies visited are not described in detail and have an ‘unreal’, story-book quality compared to the Shire bcos our point of view characters are the hobbits and we are experiencing these places as they do. the Shire, their home, is in contrast very real and grounded and detailed.
#i love this post bcuz its just a direct drag of george r r martin
yes that’s exactly what it is