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minus-squaretlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down4·2 months agoOrcs are Tolkienz (from South Africa) stand-in for lesser races whose lives dont matter.
minus-squarebenignintervention@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHe was actually actively conflicted about how he used the orcs in his stories. See: Tolkien’s Moral Dilemma
minus-squaretlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoCognitive dissonance. Doesnt rescue the trope
Orcs are Tolkienz (from South Africa) stand-in for lesser races whose lives dont matter.
He was actually actively conflicted about how he used the orcs in his stories. See: Tolkien’s Moral Dilemma
Cognitive dissonance. Doesnt rescue the trope