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<blockquote data-quote="clark411" data-source="post: 1283131" data-attributes="member: 4768">Storm Raven's dead on.Tolkien is very much about walking the fine line.&nbsp; Hobbikses seem to have an easier time of it due to their lack of perspective (and being as tough as old tree roots as well in their corruptability stat).Beyond this, primary characters in Tolkien tend to make mistakes that matter- something pretty odd in much of modern heroic super fantasy.&nbsp; Classical characters aren't infallible- they screw up.&nbsp; Gandalf takes years upon years to spot the Ring.&nbsp; He lets a young Hobbit who knows nothing of Moria decide their fate in the Mountains.&nbsp; The Elves and Humans let Mordor mass an army 20,000 strong AND let them sally forth before they get in gear.&nbsp; I'm amazed at any critic who would assume that Tolkien's work is flawed for following such a theme.&nbsp; What exactly does it take to qualify as a critic these days?&nbsp; A working knowledge of the entire run of MST3K?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clark411, post: 1283131, member: 4768"] Storm Raven's dead on. Tolkien is very much about walking the fine line. Hobbikses seem to have an easier time of it due to their lack of perspective (and being as tough as old tree roots as well in their corruptability stat). Beyond this, primary characters in Tolkien tend to make mistakes that matter- something pretty odd in much of modern heroic super fantasy. Classical characters aren't infallible- they screw up. Gandalf takes years upon years to spot the Ring. He lets a young Hobbit who knows nothing of Moria decide their fate in the Mountains. The Elves and Humans let Mordor mass an army 20,000 strong AND let them sally forth before they get in gear. I'm amazed at any critic who would assume that Tolkien's work is flawed for following such a theme. What exactly does it take to qualify as a critic these days? A working knowledge of the entire run of MST3K? [/QUOTE]

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