Dawnbringerify t1_iuan5zm wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:27 PM

Reply to comment by WordsAreSomething in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice

Completely fictional land? LOTR is set in the real world, in Europe in a fictionalised history set 6000 years ago.

[deleted] t1_iuapqj8 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:46 PM

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PowRightInTheBalls t1_iub1ast wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:16 PM

Oh so adding elves and dwarves to Europe circa 4000 BC is realistic but adding black people to the European continent circa 4000 BC is unrealistic bullshit that completely ruins the source material?

Elves are fictional. Dwarves are fictional. Ents are fictional. Orcs are fictional. Magic is fictional. Nothing about LOTR is realistic or reflects real-life ancient Europe at all. So get the fuck over yourself that they added one more fictional thing to a fictional world.