Eco_Blurb

Eco_Blurb t1_jcatvse wrote

Reply to Why read Tolkien? by PM-ME-HOLES

The best part about Tolkien is the vastnes of the world, and everything just “works” and makes sense together. Few other series have such a free sandbox feeling.

Then for LotR specifically, it is an expansive story that may have some boring parts but it all comes together fantastically to make a powerful whole. All of the characters and their motivations make sense, and working together across the world, they fight a long and nearly hopeless battle. So it’s about overcoming great difficulties, with the teamwork of thousands of people and multiple races, and help from even a normal skill-less person is valuable aid.

I loved the movies but they could not properly show the true vastness of the world, nor all the small storylines that add up together to tell a greater one. Other series may have more exciting stories, or more accessible prose, but no one has come close yet to the comprehensive detail of Middle-Earth.

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Eco_Blurb t1_j9l0gj0 wrote

Reply to comment by Curious_Star_ in Trigger warnings by TeazieBreezie

I think OP just doesn’t really understand what a trigger is and what it means. Which is ok, everyone has to start somewhere. But I think OP should have said that they do not get triggered and stopped it there. They get a bit grossed out at certain things — unless they have PTSD from maggots and poop which I doubt it

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Eco_Blurb t1_j6njtf0 wrote

Reply to Love of reading growing into hatred by ShadowMadness

Do you have long covid? Maybe get a check up. It sounds very frusterating. Maybe you can find another hobby for now that is more physically engaging like coloring or drawing. If you still want to enjoy words, Maybe you could download duolingo and learn another language (they are like 2 minute lessons) or maybe you could get into poetry (buy a book of collected poems and just read 1 per day). Hope you feel better.

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