[ SECRET POST #2864 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2864 ⌋

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Comments

[feotakahari]

I think any Lord of the Rings can do with its own Silmarillion. It gives the world more character.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

One of the reasons LOTR works as a fantasy piece that feels real is because behind it was the history of the Silmarillion.

[(Anonymous)]

This is true, but how many of LOTR's casual fans (such as the millions of people who saw the movies) have read The Silmarillion? It works, but it works because Tolkien knows it's there and writes accordingly, not because the expanded universe and its history is common knowledge.

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't say that it works because The Silmarillion is common knowledge for readers and movie-goers, did I? Because that argument would be completely batshit. The vast majority of LOTR movie fans wouldn't read the book of LOTR, much less the appendices, much less The Silmarillion. It works because Tolkien continually references and alludes to people and events from the Silmarillion, which means MIddle-earth has, what feels like, a very real history. You don't need to know everything about Gondolin to get the meaning behind Gandalf and Thorin finding Glamdring and Orcrist.

Similarly, the vast majority of the millions of people who read the HP books wouldn't know about JKR's new stories that get posted on Pottermore. I mean, how many of the millions of people who read the books are on Pottermore? How many people in fandom? A teeny-weeny fraction. I'd say the new HP stories might even less common knowledge The Silmarillion, because it's a published book you can easily buy - you don't have to go and sign-up to one website to get at them (or find another website where those stories are posted unofficially).

[ketita]

I would be fine with her wanting to publish a proper Wizarding history type book, but all these little interview-tidbits are annoying to me.
Besides, HP is no LOTR. The world she built is not nearly so involved or cohesive.

[(Anonymous)]

And yes it was sooooo much more engaging and entertaining.