Post #4419820
2026-08-06 14:25 UTC
@diffractie@glitterkitten.co.uk no. the different species of humanoids in Tolkien are called races for a reason, and they're not actually different species, see aragorn et al.
Tolkien did ok for the time and culture, but it's basically just latent racism with barely even a modernist level of self-awareness.
Now, Gimli and the Balrog...
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@Crow@pagan.plus 2026-08-06 14:28
@diffractie@glitterkitten.co.uk for that matter, gandalf and frodo. hmm.