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Probably, yes, but still no excuse for allowing the worldbuilding to overpower the story being told. Macharius Send a noteboard - 13/12/2011 04:00:23 PM
The ruins have more personality than most of the characters! For that matter, I know more about Aragorn's genealogy than I do Aragorn as a person.

And that's a problem.
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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Larry - 12/12/2011 04:25:26 AM 1794 Views
Thank you for reposting these. Macharius - 12/12/2011 04:36:06 PM 1064 Views
Interestingly enough nossy - 13/12/2011 12:10:08 AM 906 Views
Re: Interestingly enough Macharius - 13/12/2011 12:42:10 PM 897 Views
I think nossy - 13/12/2011 01:21:41 PM 959 Views
Probably, yes, but still no excuse for allowing the worldbuilding to overpower the story being told. Macharius - 13/12/2011 04:00:23 PM 897 Views
We'll have to disagree. nossy - 14/12/2011 12:46:23 AM 916 Views
Alright. Macharius - 14/12/2011 12:40:25 PM 986 Views
for the sake of the history/epic? LadyLorraine - 14/12/2011 02:40:33 PM 882 Views
Everyone cares about their own bit of history. nossy - 14/12/2011 04:24:16 PM 886 Views
Agreed wooly - 23/12/2011 05:27:02 AM 905 Views
Re-reads after a long period of time can lead to surprising results Larry - 13/12/2011 01:02:23 AM 1020 Views
The speech patterns were intentional, but not meant to be "archaic". Tom - 14/12/2011 04:02:55 AM 961 Views
Oh, I know that Larry - 14/12/2011 08:25:53 AM 962 Views
I love the dialogue in LOTR. a more modern voice would be terrible *NM* mogi67 - 15/12/2011 06:09:18 PM 434 Views
You might want to re-read what I said more carefully Larry - 15/12/2011 07:03:23 PM 953 Views
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