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minus-squareSarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up53·2 months agoYeesh,what an illustration of the goofy bullshit people make up to avoid fixing what’s actually wrong with their belief systems…
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down3·2 months agoOh, sure. Mock Christianity. But no one bats an eye when Tolkien retcons half of The Hobbit and gives an excuse like “well the book is written by Bilbo and he lied at first”.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoAllow me to introduce to you…George Lucas.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoI don’t remember anyone telling me that bilbo was the son of God, so I think we can hold different yardsticks here.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoWell of course not. Samwise was the incarnation of all that is good, loyal, and holy. Bilbo was just a prophet.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHold on there. Wasn’t ‘LotR’ supposedly finished by Sam after Frodo dipped?
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhat’s the retcon in the hobbit?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agohttps://sweatingtomordor.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/were-tolkiens-changes-to-the-hobbit-really-a-good-idea/ The ring was just a magic ring. And other stuff.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOne well-considered retcon that he was OK with not going out, hardly half the book
Yeesh,what an illustration of the goofy bullshit people make up to avoid fixing what’s actually wrong with their belief systems…
Oh, sure. Mock Christianity. But no one bats an eye when Tolkien retcons half of The Hobbit and gives an excuse like “well the book is written by Bilbo and he lied at first”.
Allow me to introduce to you…George Lucas.
I don’t remember anyone telling me that bilbo was the son of God, so I think we can hold different yardsticks here.
Well of course not. Samwise was the incarnation of all that is good, loyal, and holy. Bilbo was just a prophet.
Hold on there. Wasn’t ‘LotR’ supposedly finished by Sam after Frodo dipped?
What’s the retcon in the hobbit?
https://sweatingtomordor.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/were-tolkiens-changes-to-the-hobbit-really-a-good-idea/
The ring was just a magic ring. And other stuff.
One well-considered retcon that he was OK with not going out, hardly half the book