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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 3348545" data-attributes="member: 18701">If something is good, I will like it no matter if the majority of people think they're cool for badmouthing something that's popular. Society does this with everything. "Oh, I liked that band when they were underground, but now that everyone else likes them, I think they are played out". Whatever  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Most people base their likes/dislikes on what the majority of other people say. If it's cool to badmouth it, they'll claim to dislike it. If it's cool to praise it, they'll be the biggest fan. Take Monty Python & LotR for example. The Holy Grail wasn't even as popular when it was out at the time. Now that internet geeks feel special knowing about the flick, everyone can recite it word for word. I have to hear quotes about the Holy Hand Grenade 100x's more than I have to hear about a dual weilding drow ranger...yet, no one has a problem with shrubberies & unladen swallows.And personally, I think J.R.R. Tolkien had a brilliant imagination & is one of the most creative people I've read about. But his writing is almost as annoying to read as Shakespeares. I'm actually surprised to see people saying R.A. is/was a terrible writer. He became my favorite author after reading his novels. I love his writing style. It's easy to read, very entertaining, & keeps you gripped into the story every single page. Tolkien spent too much time describing the color of leaves & how horses pranced around in Rohan. He was very creative, but his writing was all over the place & confusing at times. He also glanced over the good action scenes very quickly so he could get back to telling us how heavy the ring was around Frodo's neck. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Tolkien's story, just not his writing.Drizzt is a cool character (I agree he could have been more developed as Artemis was). Anyone saying otherwise is just denying it so they'll look cool & fit in  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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