Comment on Discussion Thread ☕ Sunday 1 February 2026
StudChud@aussie.zone 15 hours agoTolkien drew on his experiences of WWI and it really shows in the relations between Samwise and Frodo, but also in the scouring of the shire. That, yes you may have survived, but the effects will follow you for the rest of time. That coming home, doesn’t mean it’s the home you remember. Everytime we go to war, the world changes.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
Yeah I keep realising how much of my life philosophy was grounded in stuff like LOTR even if I didn’t fully understand why. Pretty sure the Ents radicallised me! I think I was more upset by the scouring of the shire than anything else this time. Hit different at 50 then it did at 10.
StudChud@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
100% with our adult brains, the state of the world now and in the past, the story makes so much more sense. It’s beautiful and tragic, but ultimately hopeful which is the most important part imo