/lit/ - Literature

i love stuff like pic related as well

>>17433446
Illiserû, mansion of the not-Sea Elves, tried, and failed miserably.

Tolkien >> Le Guin >>>>>> everyone else >>>>>>>>>>>>> Jordan >>>>>>> Pratchett

>>17350444
>>villain is evil because... he's evil
yes (viz. st augustine)
>>good guys are good because... they're good
yes (viz. kant)
>>technology and progress BAD and LITERALLY THE DEVIL'S WORK
yes (viz. kaczinsky)
>>smoking tobacco all day and doing nothing GUD and LITERALLY THE ANSWER TO LIFE'S MEANING
yes (viz. epicurus)
>>South BAD
>>Norf GUD
yes
>>FUCK HOMER AND DANTE AND SHEEEEEIIIIIII
tolkien unironically wrote an epic fantasy saga that is on par with their work if not far better (viz. silmarillion)
>>WE WUZ ROMANZ
not really, more like we wuz a detailed historico-linguistic study of the germanic peoples
>>pages upon pages on meandering bullshit about tress and bushes
actually fascinating, only "bullshit" to soulless urbanized drones like yourself with no appreciation of the complexity and pace of nature (viz. bergson)
>>muh Christian values
yes (viz. Christ)
>>muh Germanic Chads WE WUZ FREE AND SHIT
stupid point, makes no sense, not a criticism
>Bravo Tolkien, truly, bravo!
YES.