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CuriousG
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Apr 25 2013, 3:36pm
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If everything was completely answered then it would feel less real because as everyone has said we can't know everything in life and the more we learn the more we realise just how little we really do know
Very well said. We know why the Third Reich fell, so there's not much debate about. But no one has a widely satisfying reason why the Roman Empire collapsed, so historians debate it endlessly, even though the Romans were good at documenting their own times and left plenty of records. That sense of not knowing all the answers in Tolkien echoes the real world and lends a comparable sense of reality to Middle-earth.
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Why inconsistency in Tolkien's canon is actually a good thing
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News from Bree
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Apr 24 2013, 11:07pm
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Ugh, can someone redirect this to RR. My bad //
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Demosthenes
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Apr 25 2013, 5:39am
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"Like" (if we had a "Like" button, I'd just have pressed it) //
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noWizardme
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Apr 25 2013, 10:46am
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"all this messiness is actually really, really cool"
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Riven Delve
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Apr 25 2013, 11:44am
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Art imitates Life
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FantasyFan
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Apr 25 2013, 12:08pm
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Very well said
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CuriousG
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Apr 25 2013, 12:57pm
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Good point about dull debates
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CuriousG
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Apr 25 2013, 1:04pm
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Nicely said CG - and great post Demosthenes!
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Brethil
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Apr 25 2013, 2:31pm
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brethil gets coolness points for referencing the amber room. //
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Maciliel
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Apr 25 2013, 3:47pm
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*Thank you Maciliel!*
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Brethil
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Apr 25 2013, 5:33pm
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i think rather neutral, than good...
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Maciliel
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Apr 25 2013, 2:52pm
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Completely agree
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imin
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Apr 25 2013, 2:59pm
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What we know and don't know
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CuriousG
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Apr 25 2013, 3:36pm
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purposed inconsistency
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Elthir
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Apr 25 2013, 3:07pm
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Great distinction between internal and external inconsistency //
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CuriousG
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Apr 25 2013, 3:30pm
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purposed ambiguity
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Riven Delve
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Apr 25 2013, 5:14pm
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The author as the narrator...not the creator
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Brethil
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Apr 25 2013, 5:40pm
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The clinching argument for verisimilitude in Tolkien: the crazy cat lady
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Riven Delve
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Apr 26 2013, 12:05pm
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Now THAT is a great line, R-D!
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Brethil
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Apr 27 2013, 2:43am
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Another good distinction...
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Elthir
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Apr 25 2013, 7:49pm
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It is fun to read Appendix F with 'Prof. Tolkien, translator' in mind as a fictional character
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squire
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Apr 25 2013, 8:06pm
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Great post
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Ziggy Stardust
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Apr 26 2013, 1:35am
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