/lit/ - Literature

let’s take this shit down a ton of pegs here…

I've posted on various boards this idea:
>How would you fix Tolkiens Orcs?
>Tolkien Himself had problems with how he depicted orcs so one-dimensionally.

My thoughts:

>Orcs/Goblins are Much less "ravenous, pointlessly cruel savages incapable of organizing outside of direct intimidation or fear" and much more "Vogons" combined with "Ferengi"; that is capable of actually building institutions.
>Orcs/Goblin society is a weird combination of stalinist-style-totalitarian-bureaucracy and 19th-century-cutthroat-capitalism.
>Orc cities don't have people literally stabbing each other in the back all day;
>Orc clothes, at least of those of some status, aren't torn dirty rags especially; they're cheaply made formal/business attire, tunics and the like; often from unconventional fabrics if they're not "connected" or of a slightly lower office..
>they don't eat sentients or use sentient leather, at least not intentionally. (again ruthless capitalists might just fucking lie about the origins of what they're selling).
>Loyalty to Melkor, Sauron, the Witch King, etc... is enforced with the help of a secret police/inquisition.
>whole thing is reminicent of a MLM/Cult-deal; as far as how it's ideologically sold.
>Literacy is more common, though definitions of what qualifies as "Literacy" vary.
>Orc Armies are more or less "Privateers" or "East India Company"-type organizations, often underequipped and betting on the promise of seizing land/slaves/loot in order to turn profits.

>>21011642
Should Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings be considered Western Canon? He’s the only fantasy writer that has any literary merits and his works define fantasy as a genre.

Should it be considered Western Canon?