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14742062 No.14742062 [Reply] [Original]

Reminder that the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings are the best of modern fantasy works because they record actual events that truly occurred. As the respective authors, Lewis and Tolkien, thought they were being very inventive and creative, they were in fact channeling true events that would have been lost to history if not recorded. Narnia was a true parallel universe to ours that has now been destroyed as of 1949, and Middle-earth became Europe, the Shire became Great Britain and Ireland, and the One Ring was destroyed about 6,000 years ago. The old epics, such as those of Homer and Ovid, are also true history. Modern """fantasy""" works are just boring D&D campaigns based on the authors limited imagination

>> No.14742078

>>14742062
This is bullshit but I'll believe it

>> No.14742086

Take your meds, anon.

>> No.14742100

>>14742086
He is right, though.

>> No.14742204

>>14742100
As much as I like this post, I don’t see how the cosmology of Homer and Ovid is compatible with Tolkien’s.

>> No.14742226

>>14742062
>>14742100
tolkien was adamant about LOTR not being historical allegory.

>> No.14742241

>>14742062
Why 1949?

>> No.14742264

>>14742226
Yes, and we should totally trust him on this one, yes.

>> No.14742266

>>14742062
>because they record actual events that truly occurred.
How that fact makes them better?

>> No.14742278

>>14742264
why would he lie tho?

>> No.14742363

>>14742226
Nobody said it was allegory. It's just a literal event that occured, like World War II or the American Revolution. World History: Patterns of Introduction also isn't historical allegory. We are currently living in the age of man as recorded in Return of the King
>>14742241
That's when the train crash in the Last Battle occurs. Of course, Narnian time and our time are different, but it seems impossible any person will ever travel to Narnia from our world again, so you might as well just say it ended in 1949 and the New Narnia is all that is left