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Womble@lemmy.world 8 months agoGiven that is the opposite of what Tolkien did i think you are overstating your case to say it’s a foundational tenet.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Not the opposite at all. Tolkien didn’t know what the One Ring was when he wrote about Bilbo finding it in the Hobbit.
Womble@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Tolkien spent years creating a fictional world and languages before even deciding to write a novel.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Yeah and my point is that all his worldbuilding was just for his own fun until he actually put in the work of making a story out of it.