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>>10508764
Not new but I've seen people contest that Zelda was always inspired by Tolkien. It oscillates between subtle and right in your face in Ocarina
>literally starts with a spider (Ungoliant) that poisons magic tree (Trees of Valinor) at the behest of devil-stand-in Ganondorf (Melkor)
>world is a creation of space elves (Ainur)
>story about nine heroes of different races and cultures (nine heroes of the Fellowship) defeating unambiguous evil
>Kokiris are simpletons of small stature hiding in the woods (Fallohides/Hobbits)
>Gorons are brawny hotheads (Dwarves) mining in Death Mountain (Mount Doom) until they rouse a fire monster (Balrog) and find themselves suffering at the claws of a dragon (Smaug)
>Zoras are their obvious counterpart (Elves to Dwarves)
>Gerudos are a swarthy desert tribe with red hair (Easterlings with red headscarves)
>villain covets nothing but (the Triforce of) power (Ring of Power), distorts the natural world, takes up residence in a black tower and commands brutal but simple Moblins (Orcs) and creatures as strange as Morpha (Watcher in the Water)
>the wizard-looking guy who tells you about Sheikah as well as Sheikah (Blue Wizards) themselves are dressed in blue and sent to contest evil but "disappear in the East"

>>9707481
Imo it's to Zelda's credit how much it borrows from Tolkien, be it the first boss being a spider (Ungoliant) that spreads death and poisons the magic tree (Trees of Valinor) at the behest of the devil-stand-in Ganondorf (Melkor), the world being a creation of space elves (Ainur), the story being about good versus evil and nine heroes who represent a range of different peoples (nine heroes of the Fellowship) that put their differences aside to fight unambiguously evil Ganondorf (Sauron), who covets nothing but power and the Triforce (One Ring), enjoys the color black, distorts the natural world, takes up residence in an ominous tower and commands strong but simple Moblins (Orcs), swarthy Gerudos with red hair (Easterlings with red headscarves) and creatures as strange as Morpha (Watcher in the Water), Kokiris being tiny simpletons hiding in the woods (Fallohides/hobbits), Gorons being brawny hotheads (dwarves) mining in Death Mountain (Mount Doom) until they rouse a fire monster (Balrog) and find themselves suffering at the claws of a dragon (Smaug), with Zoras being their obvious counterpart (Elves to Dwarves)

>>9552078
Why are you on a crusade to deny the universally acknowledged truth that Tolkien's work is extremely influential and regarded as archetypal building blocks for fantasy media, even when NIntendo themselves said they love Tolkien on the question of what influenced them?

Is it autism? Maybe projecting your stupidity onto others because you never read a book in your life while literally everyone with a gossamer interest in high fantasy and an IQ above 115 read something Tolkien-related?