Fumes

[narcissam]

Am having an argument with a numbskull who claims to have read all the History of Middle Earth books and insists Tolkien didn't use outlines. And I thought I was making good progress with the rage control...

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Comments

[tarimanveri]

Moron! In the dungeon! Thought you ought to know...

[narcissam]

Perhaps I oughtn't to have!

It is odd that I've learnt to bear political, religious, and all other touchy disputes with equanimity, but an argument about Tolkien makes me go all berserker.

[tarimanveri]

I may not be able to provide a good explanation, but I empathize thoroughly.

And isn't it more that this guy has clearly not read The History of Middle Earth anyway?

[pelirroja_ljc]

Yeah, it's the stream-of-consciousness epic-trilogy! *rolls eyes*

[violaswamp]

Fannish arguments are the worst, aren't they? They're about stories and fictional characters, and yet they can produce a mind-blowing amount of incandescent rage.

[pharnabazus]

As you know, I tend not to "bother" to talk to these sort of people!

[sonetka]

What? Didn't you realize Tolkien was the earlier incarnation of Anne Rice, who NEVER uses outlines or rough drafts? :)

Obviously the guy's never read the History of Middle-Earth. Why he'd want to pretend and insist that Tolkien never used outlines ... that's weird. Would he somehow be a Lesser Writer that way? I don't think so.