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Darkstone
Immortal
Dec 12 2016, 6:26pm
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I'm thinking F&S were especially inspired by Faramir's thongs. //
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I find so much joy in covering my cat with a blanket and watching the lump move around.
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CuriousG
Half-elven
Dec 12 2016, 6:56pm
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I think it was historic resentment, wasn't it?
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I think that at Helm's Deep, Gamling or someone says the Dunlendings resent the Rohirrim for receiving the gift of Rohan from Gondor, which Dunlend thought it should have received instead (even though the Dunlendings didn't rescue Gondor like Eorl's people did). So it set them up for centuries of hatred, and maybe skirmishes at the best of times. I think of it as France-Germany bad relationship which continued until only the last couple of generations.
On the other hand, the Dunlendings don't seem inherently evil, and at one point, I think Thorin or Thrain are living among them, ignominiously performing blacksmithing work in exchange for food and a small income. And they seem to have been tricked into Saruman's servitude through lies.
Anyway, you make a good point that they could have gotten along, but neighbors don't always do what's in their best interest.
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enanito
Rohan
Dec 12 2016, 10:02pm
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I've gotten the impression the Dunlendings felt that this was part of their historical homeland, and that the Rohirrim were 'usurpers'. Basically, they had to clear out so that the new guys could have room to roam on their nifty horses. In the Appendices we are told that
These [the Dunlendings] were a remnant of the peoples that had dwelt in the vales of the White Mountains in ages past
We also find that in the land of the Dunlendings there do live men who have come from other parts, who are possibly more prone to evil ways that the native Dunlendings.
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