/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.21278715]

>From a fan, Tolkien received a goblet with the Ring inscription on it in Black Speech. Because the Black Speech in general is an accursed language, and the Ring inscription in particular is a vile spell, Tolkien never drank out of the goblet, and used it only as an ashtray.
What the fuck was his problem?

[Anonymous No.21278729]

>>21278715
Delusional thief who memed himself into believing his own phony potpourri.

[Anonymous No.21278832]

>>21278729
is there a butthurt finn on this board or is it just a meme?

[Anonymous No.21278833]

>>21278832
It's a meme. There are various anons with the same views.

[Anonymous No.21279040]

>>21278832
>butthurt
>finn
synonymous

[Anonymous No.21279267]

>>21278832
It's trendy to shit on Tolkien among hacks whose stories are even more derivative than his

[Anonymous No.21279275]

>>21278715
His problem? What was the problem of the guy giving him an evil talisman?

[Anonymous No.21279292]

>>21279040
>>>21278832
>>butthurt
>>finn
>synonymous
Seethe you depressed suicidal faggot lard.

[Anonymous No.21279364]

>>21279292
hey man top 20

[Anonymous No.21279509]

>>21279292
lol that asterisk sure is something

[Anonymous No.21279519]

The sheer amount of anti-tolkien and anti-English authors posts suggests it is a coordinated efforts by kikes, niggers and other undesirables to consciously alter board culture and create further subversion of a much beloved childhood storyteller.

[Anonymous No.21279541]

>>21278715
>what was his problem
He received a pseudy gift - full of feeling and symbol, but thoughtlessly done, and politely accepted it, but never used it, because it was out of line with his principles and true feelings. A proper gentleman.
>>21279519
>t. brainletlet tinfoiler
Yeah, or the obvious coincision with Amazon's launch of a pseudy LOTR series has catalyzed interest from a lot of pseuds - of which you are one, irrespective of when your interest began.

[Anonymous No.21279564]

>>21279541

>repeated instances of subversion of the same subjects across multiple threads across an increasing timeline
>threads go off on a tangent for a while then all of a sudden have multiple replies
>all replies within 1-3 minutes with short, one line condemnations of Tolkien and English authors
>happens multiple times on multiple threads at the same time then goes dead for another fifteen minutes
>what country could have a volunteer force that would manipulate public opinion like this?

[Anonymous No.21279611]

>>21279541
>t. coordinating response before replying

[Anonymous No.21279612]

>>21279519
Tolkien thought Nazis were retards

[Anonymous No.21279624]

>>21279612
Why would that detract from what he wrote?

[Anonymous No.21279758]

>>21279292
I'm not happy, in 2050 there will be few poeple who look like me in my own country.

[Anonymous No.21279768]

>>21279292
Finland also tops the list for suicide, anon.

[Anonymous No.21280070]

>>21279519
>the sheer amount of anti-tolkien and anti-English authors posts
What, one post? Shut up ESL

[Anonymous No.21280082]

>>21279292
If you’ve ever met a Finnish person you’d understand that they were responding to this poll ironically. It’s how they roll.

[Anonymous No.21280094]

>>21279612
If Tolkien was still alive today he'd think they were right

[Anonymous No.21280101]

>>21279292
>based on GDP per capita
Money is only loosely related to happiness
>social protection
Nice I guess, but some shitty dental coverage or food stamps don’t a happy person make
>health and life expectancy
I guess that’s appropriate
>freedom of choice
Don’t know what that means because all results are about abortion.
>generosity
How’s this measured and how often does the generosity of others make you happy? A few moments per year?
>corruption perception
A source of a little frustration, but that’s about it
98% of studies like this are utter bullshit. Just a few “experts” pointing out things that they think might contribute to happiness

[Anonymous No.21280139]

>>21278715
Because he thought his own books were revealed to him in a dream or some shit, so that Arda was real.

[Anonymous No.21280145]

>>21278715
Considering he smoked from the minute he woke up and basically verbatim said “smoking is the greatest thing in life” him using it as an ashtray is kind of a compliment.

[Anonymous No.21280167]

>>21278715
I'm surprised at how many people in this thread don't get it. There's no diss; in the ontology he created and curated for six decades the script (which he created) is a shortcut for evil. He got a gift from a fan and didn't piss in it, didn't throw it out, he chose not to put it to his lips the same way one wouldn't eat out a syphiloid. This is on the same level as an agnostic treating a Bible with respect, or not pissing on the grave of a relative just because you don't believe in a life after death.

Elevated fiction is allowed its own space of reality in our world, if it is worthy to that individual, and we're talking about the creator of that world. Treating it with reverence isn't pretentious, it's internalization.

I suspect many of you have never been truly moved by a work of fiction before, to the point that it reflected a piece of reality and took on that tone. The fiction isn't made real, but it becomes a symbol for something that is. The profane and the sacred are worth acknowledging, if only as an internal moral compass.

I'm in my cups and I Refuse to proofread.

Also, citation needed on this whole story.

[Anonymous No.21281059]

>>21279292
Not so fast, friend.

[Anonymous No.21281095]

>>21280094
Nah.

[Anonymous No.21281167]

>>21281059
>Some seething Anglo Crypto-Jew literal who decides to slander about us despite knowing nothing about us or economics or anything close to that
And I'm supposed to care why?

[Anonymous No.21282002]

>>21278715
Same time he was wiping his ass with the pages of The Kalevala and monetizing on Finnish myths by infantilizing them for anglo audiences

Sad little man, sad little estate. He never respected his fants, neither did he respect the Finns he stole so much from.

[Anonymous No.21282008]

>>21279040
>>21278832

Honestly, respec the Finns. Without them you would not even have your LOTR or TTRPG or whatever fantasy trash you waste your time with

[Anonymous No.21282031]

>>21281167
>won't read things that challenge utopic outlook

Oof.

[Anonymous No.21282187]

>>21278715
Sounds perfectly reasonable

[Anonymous No.21282468]

>>21282031
>Nima Sandaji
pajeets and pakistanis hate the nordic countries because they are given ample opportunity to integrate and succeed, yet they are still poor criminals.

[Anonymous No.21282483]

>>21279612
>>21281095
Tolkien has a quote speculating that it might be better for the Nazis to win the world war, instead of the cultural void that are americans
Of course he fell in line like a good Englishman because the eventual progression of British society was somewhat inconceivable back then

[Anonymous No.21282489]

>>21279292
>The happiest countries in the world
>Based on anything except any actual reporting of happiness
Well done, libschizos

[Anonymous No.21282530]

>>21278832
It's trendy to shit on Tolkien among hacks whose stories are even more derivative than his

[Anonymous No.21282575]

>>21278832
There was some loser in another thread shitting on Tolkien by saying he copied Finnish for his language while ironically praising Lovecraft as somehow superior/more original. Then someone explained to him how linguistics work and how retarded he sounded, and he got even more mad.

[Anonymous No.21282581]

>>21280082
Finns sound pretty chill to me (no pun intended) https://youtu.be/ATXV3DzKv68

[Anonymous No.21282638]

>>21280082
Read the asterisk, the result is based on gdp and how much socialism the country has, they asked 0 Finns if they were happy. Isn't Finland one of the countries with the highest rate of suicide by the way?

[Anonymous No.21283167]

>>21278715
Seems rather appropriate to be honest. If it's of Mordor, it would probably get covered in ash and some flame.

[Anonymous No.21284268]

>>21279292
What I love about these rankings is that when you inevitably look at the suicide rates, you find out it's made up. Your happy countries report far more depression than others. They are only "happy" because said happiness is measured in inane and stupid ways.

[Anonymous No.21285650]

>>21278715
>What the fuck was his problem?
What, he honored the gift by giving it an apt purpose.

[Anonymous No.21285979]

>>21282483
Post quote.

[Anonymous No.21286639]

>>21280167
Good post.

[Anonymous No.21287139]

>>21282002
look, the mongrel with the reddit spacing is back again!