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Originally Posted by WalkingDistance
Anyway, Yes the Good vs. Evil was a huge theme in the LOTR but I think it'd be interesting to flip it because there's always two sides to every story.
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Meh. I don't think the TLR fanfic does a good job of it, to be honest, and neither is Tolkien simply just a black-and-white writer as people often seem to think he is. LOTR in particular covers a small part of thousands of years of Middle-earth history, in which by that time, the die is cast. TLR seems to ignore all that backstory for a rather simplistic inversion of motivations and events in LOTR, and seems to miss or only work with indirectly some rather obvious angles for a reexamination of good vs evil, e.g. Tolkien's implementation of 'religious' belief. That said, I'd be interested on hearing your thoughts on TLR if you read it.