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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I think I'm gonna need an explanation :s

Edit: I'm an idiot and thought this was JK Rowling

[–] Thalion@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The joke being that Tolkien's fantasy would be the entire legendarium

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ahh, I get it. I feel like this joke would work for any fantasy author.

[–] Infinite_Indecision@midwest.social 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but JRRT wrote a whole history textbook and invented a language before most fantasy authors were born.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Hobbit singing intensifies

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Any author in general is gonna bring some literary ass prose to their fetishes. With Tolkien you get an entire world. With Joyce you get 25 ways to describe a fart fetish.

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