Oh, for Middle-earth's sake, there's elf diversity in 'The Rings of Power.' What's next?
As you probably know by now, the libs in HollyWEIRD have managed to take the pure and glorious work of J.R.R. Tolkien and turn it into woke trash. Amazon Prime Video’s new series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” tries to jam Marxist ideologies like "elf diversity" down the throats of me and my adult-male friends who are also single by choice and have time to worry about things like this.
Imagine my shock when I watched the first episode of “The Rings of Power” and saw an elf who wasn’t white as the snow of Forodwaith. I was so appalled I bravely hopped on my anonymous social media account to say I’m all for diversity, unless it’s in things I don’t think should be diverse. Like the fantasy realm known as Middle-earth. Or “Star Wars.” Or comic-book movies. Or movies or video games or workplaces.
And as if seeing a Black elf wasn’t jarring enough, the most heroic character in the series thus far appears to be – and it pains me deeply to say this – a woman, the elven warrior Galadriel.
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I didn’t think the Woke Mob could go any lower after it ruined my childhood memories by trotting out female "Ghostbusters." But this? I’ll leave it to Elon Musk, a billionaire who truly gets the burdens of being a white guy, to explain, as he did in this recent tweet: “Tolkien is turning in his grave.”
Musk continued: “Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice.”
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Excellent points, Elon. It is both important and in no way embarrassing that we make known our outrage at any attempts to make imaginary worlds reflect the real people who inhabit the actual world.
Is it wrong to want elves that look the way I think they should look?
Talking trees make sense. Nineteen magical rings created to turn the leaders of Middle-earth into evil followers of a dark lord named Sauron make sense. The existence of dwarves, orcs, elves and hobbits makes sense.
What doesn’t make sense is making them look different from the way I have always imagined them looking. That’s ridiculous, and it’s a slippery slope from there to other forms of entertainment people who don’t look exactly like me can relate to.
We mustn't fiddle with 'the logic' of Tolkien's completely made-up world
Brandon Morse, deputy managing editor of RedState, which is apparently a website on the internet, wrote: “The Lord of the Rings is what it is because of how it was written, the feeling of the world, and the rules (or the ‘logic’) it follows. Injecting politics and woke culture into the story breaks the logic of the world and perverts and corrupts the story.”
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Precisely. There is a certain logic to a Stoorish Hobbit named Sméagol falling under the influence of the magical One Ring, being slowly corrupted by it and eventually retreating to a cave in the Misty Mountains, where he exists on fish and starts calling the ring his “precious.”
But an elf with darker skin color? What in the name of the Witch-king of Angmar is that all about?
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And don’t tell me for a minute those orcs in “The Rings of Power” weren’t intentionally meant to look like Donald Trump. WE SEE WHAT YOU’RE DOING, LIBERALS!
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The wokesters even got their hands on the new “Game of Thrones” prequel on HBO, “House of the Dragon.” The character Lord Corlys Velaryon, who commands a massive naval fleet in this also-pretend universe, is played by a Black actor, Steve Toussaint.
After hearing from GOT fans who weren’t happy about the casting, Toussaint told Men’s Health: “They are happy with a dragon flying. They're happy with white hair and violet-colored eyes, but a rich Black guy? That's beyond the pale.”
Sensitivity training in the Mines of Moria?
Because I have both the time and mental bandwidth to devote to important issues like this, I have to wonder what will happen next to fantasy worlds like the one J.R.R. Tolkien created. Gandalf the Woke? Critical race theory being taught in Rivendell schools? Mandatory sensitivity training in the Mines of Moria?
I’m sure the radical leftists at Amazon Studios and HBO don’t care. I mean, when have the concerns of people who look like me and Elon Musk ever been addressed?
Aside from throughout all human history and up to the present day.
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