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In an "everything I know about England I learned from LotR" sense!

No, because uncertain people are not trying to deceive you, so there is no reason they would say "certainly". It's not only liars who use words like "truthfully" but it's a common tell. Your choice of wording matters, and may have connotations you did not intend, especially on a multicultural...

Yes. And many other people do to. Avoid it.

There is no line, that's the point. Yet it is clearly fantasy, full of heroes, magic and demons. Fantasy can exist with no connection to Tolkien whatsoever.

I believe the idea was a "module" could be dropped into an ongoing campaign, which was at least how I was playing in the 80s.

Her weakened state is also a plot point. Although the cause of that never made it into print.

It's normal to assume that when someone says something to you, they are being honest. If they feel the need to state that they are being honest, it raises alarm bells. "If you are only being honest now, what about all that other stuff you said? If that wasn't honest, why should I believe you...

The point is, you are refusing to accept that modern fantasy is based on anything but European Romance. When it has a great many influences KP DH is as modern a fantasy as you can get, and likely to have a huge influence down the line, and there is no way it can have any connection to European...

Survey design: I would make the time period a bit more prominant. I would have gone for "last 12 months" to be more meaningful too. And your bins seem a little small, I play about 3 hours per fortnight (so 60 hours in 10 months) and I would consider that as being at the low end. 200+ would seem...

You have the Princes of Elemental Evil and the Elder Elemental Eye (AKA you know who). Nothing says that a 5e paladin needs to be good. But I interpret paladin's powers as coming from their oath - which might be to a deity, hence the confusion. I prefer to always keep the deus entirely in the...

Not really no - magical stuff is widely portrayed as a nuisance that Grant gets lumbered with because no one else wants to be bothered. The civil powers know very well that magic is real - a real menace- and always have done.

Yes, because it’s important to the question of what is modern fantasy? And the answer ain’t entirely Euro-centric. The blindingly obvious isn’t really worth discussing, and the significance of Tolkien wildly exaggerated. Looking at possible links between REH or E. Nesbit and medieval romance...

Once they realised the ending they had wouldn’t go down well they just wanted to get it over with.

Personally, I would find an all-white mostly male cast objectionable.

It’s the progenitor of all modern European fiction. The events depicted were real to their audience, no more fantastical than a modern Action movie or Rom Com. Which is not conducive to liking something. LotR was written specifically to try and counter the influence of “new fangled Norman...

These shows are really better suited to long form animation. There was a survey recently in which younger folk indicated that they would rather watch animation in any case.

I think that they could stick fairly close to the main story - it’s pretty simple, which is better for TV. But we know that all the major controversy will be over the skin colour of the cast, no matter who they cast.

I think the opposite is true. It’s the toxic fanbase that is running the show down. On its own, it’s a slight, but very pretty-looking, fantasy show.

It’s not “great” but it’s entertaining enough, and I’m enjoying it more than I enjoyed GoT and WoT. Of course the “huge LotR fans” are the people who review bombed it for not being sufficiently pure.

True - and not fantasy. False. Even if you are claiming “modern fantasy grew from Tolkien” (not true but a common misconception) he despised medieval romance and was inspired by earlier sources, such as Beowulf. Where is you chain of inspiration connecting Medieval romance to K-pop Demon Hunters?