Do you think LOTR is "Eurocentric"?

[Atlantic Islander]

I am actually hard fan of LOTR and whole Tolkien's universum.

Different strokes for different folks.

My fandoms are way different.

[Roy]

Different strokes for different folks.

My fandoms are way different.

It always annoy me when someone says: I don't like Tolkien .. blah bla blah
But I learned to understand it that everyone is a bit different and you shouldn't force anything on anyone.

[Jägerstaffel]

Very Eurocentric.

I can't remember where I read it but I read that Tolkien wanted to create an English story in the same sort of national epic style of the Kalevala, so it would make sense for it to be Eurocentric - or more specifically Anglocentric.

[riverman]

It always annoy me when someone says: I don't like Tolkien .. blah bla blah
But I learned to understand it that everyone is a bit different and you shouldn't force anything on anyone.

I'm not a fan of Tolkien.

[Atlantic Islander]

It always annoy me when someone says: I don't like Tolkien .. blah bla blah
But I learned to understand it that everyone is a bit different and you shouldn't force anything on anyone.

Yes, I love all things Whedonverse, but I can't force others to like it.

[Permafrost]

Rather Anglo and Germanocentric...

Remember how the 'Men of the West' were represented? Now compare them to the Easterlings.

[RussiaPrussia]

yes elves were inspired by swedes and finns

[Graham]

Without saying it's based on this nation, & that nation. Seems to happen plenty.

It's all like European folklore.

[Austo]

He wrote it during war, i am sure this afected his books.

[Roy]

yes elves were inspired by swedes and finns

Not by Swedes; their languages were based on Finnish/Welsh though.