Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died

Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by victoriasun on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:30AM (#18352544)

I had hoped that the Breaking Bad reference made more clear what I meant by cosmic good/evil. It has nothing to do with the idea that the One Ring is good or evil, but rather that the Universe has morality ascribed to each character. We leave LOTR feeling for the most part satisfied by the story. I suspect A Song of Ice and Fire will not have the same satisfaction.

But this is, once again, my own subjective opinion and theory. I don't even think there's anything inherently wrong with cosmic good! In general, I wish media would be more willing to take a stand when they choose to display violent acts on television.

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by Annatar on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:36AM (#18352936)

"We leave LOTR feeling for the most part satisfied by the story."

I leave LotR feeling terrible pain, loss, and sadness: the main protagonists are forced into exile to another world (planet), Valinor; they can never come back; the fate of the mortal ones (Bilbo, Frodo) will forever remain unknown, they have to forever part with their friends and family, and Middleearth remains behind bereft of elves, their beauty, grace, and intellect. How this is a satisfactory story I am incapable of fathoming, not because any one side won, but because the ending raises even more questions than it answers.

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