#they dont know if theyll like it but theyre watching lotr anyway to prep which i am happy about lol

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As much as there are negatives of the Rings of Power coming out, I will say, it will bring in new Tolkien fans who will get interested and read the books. They'll probably be like "oh there's more to this than just Aragorn and Frodo?" And you know what? I'm not going to gatekeep Tolkien from new fans. Big corporations who just want money? Yeah, totally, but new fans? Nope.

The universe Tolkien created is so beautiful and vast and detailed and honestly a masterpiece of literature, and it's been one of the biggest parts of my life. I don't want to keep other people from enjoying this collection of stories that I've enjoyed from childhood into adulthood.

The Amazon show might not be good, it might just be absolutely awful, but it'll bring new people into the fandom. There's going to be people who see Galadriel for the first time and think she's awesome and look more into her character and find out she's one of the most powerful beings of Middle Earth. There's going to be people interested in Númenor and that history. There's going to be people who see the Harfoots and think they're so different from the hobbits they read about in middle school so they might read The Hobbit again. People will probably do something like try and watch the movies and TV show in chronological order, watching The Hobbit movies and then the LOTR movies just to get that cinematic storyline feel. It's going to bring new appreciation for the other works as well.

I might be shitting on Amazon for making The Rings of Power, but for the new fans who will probably get more interested into Tolkien's works, I welcome them. I won't guilt anyone who likes the show, and if they're new to the fandom, I'll definitely make sure this is a space for them to explore more of Tolkien's works.

#there are even people i know rn who are watching the hobbit and lotr movies to prep for a tv show they know nothing about #they dont know if theyll like it but theyre watching lotr anyway to prep which i am happy about lol #anyway i dont wanna gatekeep tolkien its too good for me to want it all to myself i want more people to be happy about lotr with me #lotr #lord of the rings #rop #the rings of power #rings of power amazon #rings of power #lotr on prime