Re:Is Tolkien Actually Any Good? (2003)
by mattmanser on Sunday May 30, 2010 @12:24PM
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It is important to distinguish between inspiration and ripoff.
D & D mythology is a direct ripoff of Tolkien. It was not the inspiration for it, it was a direct ripoff. Tolkien = humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, trolls, dragons, etc. based in a medieval timeframe with magic. D & D = humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, trolls, dragons, etc. based in a medieval timeframe with magic.
And a lot of modern fantasy games are direct rip-offs of d & d or tolkien (practically the same thing).
Northern European folklore was the inspiration for Tolkien. A lot of different sources of inspiration. There was no one story where humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, trolls, dragons, etc. were all protagonists based in a medieval timeframe with magic.
It's very, very different. You seem to have a penchant for words, I'm surprised you don't see it.
D & D mythology is a direct ripoff of Tolkien. It was not the inspiration for it, it was a direct ripoff. Tolkien = humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, trolls, dragons, etc. based in a medieval timeframe with magic. D & D = humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, trolls, dragons, etc. based in a medieval timeframe with magic.
And a lot of modern fantasy games are direct rip-offs of d & d or tolkien (practically the same thing).
Northern European folklore was the inspiration for Tolkien. A lot of different sources of inspiration. There was no one story where humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, trolls, dragons, etc. were all protagonists based in a medieval timeframe with magic.
It's very, very different. You seem to have a penchant for words, I'm surprised you don't see it.