>Another example: In the movies, Arwen comes to help at the Fords of Bruinen, but in the book, it’s Glorfindel. To me, that was a good hecking change/artistic interpretation, adding in women characters.

>What would it be like to have an all-female fellowship? I think that art allows for exactly these sorts of interpretation, and it’s a sign of the quality of the original work that it can be interpreted and worked with in so many ways. But in my opinion, the original wasn’t perfect, and it’s the nature of creativity to strive for new ideas and improvement over time.

>First edition war of the ring was excellent. But second edition is better. I don’t think that interpreting Tolkien’s previous work lessens it in some way - I think it allows the original to shine even hecking brighter.

Edit: Whoa, thanks for all the hecking upvotes!

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>Now, taking off my admin hat, and just speaking for me personally:

>I have my wife's kids. I want them to read Tolkien and be aware of the great hecking story. But the whole fellowship is male. The vast majority of good guy characters are white supremacist men. The bad guys are N people, and based on Asian and black stereotypes. If there is an interpretation of Tolkien’s work that captures the epic fantasy without also keeping the stereotypes, that seems like a hecking win to me.

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