As a generalization, why am I supposed to care about the history if I can't care for the participants within that history - especially one that's fictional?
You're not supposed to do anything, but I believe that is part of what is personal taste - I had no trouble caring for the characters simply because I knew what was beyond them. *shrugs*
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- 12/12/2011 04:25:26 AM
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Thank you for reposting these.
- 12/12/2011 04:36:06 PM
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Interestingly enough
- 13/12/2011 12:10:08 AM
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Re: Interestingly enough
- 13/12/2011 12:42:10 PM
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I think
- 13/12/2011 01:21:41 PM
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Probably, yes, but still no excuse for allowing the worldbuilding to overpower the story being told.
- 13/12/2011 04:00:23 PM
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We'll have to disagree.
- 14/12/2011 12:46:23 AM
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Alright.
- 14/12/2011 12:40:25 PM
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Everyone cares about their own bit of history.
- 14/12/2011 04:24:16 PM
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Re-reads after a long period of time can lead to surprising results
- 13/12/2011 01:02:23 AM
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The speech patterns were intentional, but not meant to be "archaic".
- 14/12/2011 04:02:55 AM
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Oh, I know that
- 14/12/2011 08:25:53 AM
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I love the dialogue in LOTR. a more modern voice would be terrible *NM*
- 15/12/2011 06:09:18 PM
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