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>>15052574
>Using a LotR analogy is a little cringe
I disagree. All those new-age "geek" writers have tried, in vane, to imitate Tolkien, who wrote using archetypes, and having deep knowledge of european history and religion. When the nameless corporation behind writers like J.K. Rowling or G.R.R. Martin tries to emulate Tolkien, they, at best, use some archetypes from tarot cards or repeat ad nauseam the hero's journey. Peter Jackson did this same thing when he tried to adapt LotR and the Hobbit; he did it without understanding, or caring, for the essence of these books.
Fans of these hacks stick to this lazy writing and think it's clever. They do the worst types of mental gymnastics to compare Voldemort to some right wing politician. This anon here didn't even had to try, he could have used any archetypal greco-roman myth about the hybris of man and it would be the same. He could have said "in that moment of blind panic and terror, Jazz is Bellerophon. All triumph and victory is gone, as he falls from Mount Olympus", and it would have been the same. This is because Tolkien wrote having these very myths in mind. There is nothing "cringey" on Tolkien's work.