Comment on Discussion Thread ☕ Sunday 1 February 2026
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 13 hours agoYeah 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 13 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