The entire time I was reading Lord of the rings it felt like that, and then the feeling only got stronger when I started the silmarilion, bro really stole a whole history book from some alternate dimension and thought we wouldn't notice

[–] RedStamp@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This meme is entirely false. Tolkien stole from the Red Book of Westmarch, not the Hobbit!

[–] Two9A@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

For context, this is from the foreword to the Lord of the Rings:

I have in this tale adhered more closely to the actual words and narrative of my original than in the previous selection from the Red Book, The Hobbit.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Red Book? Is Mao from Middle Earth?

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

It's pronounced Mow Is Dung, so that'd track like a plow.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Plagiarism!

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's next? The Torah is copied from Moses?

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Moses is copied from Osiris, nearly word for word and wholly (heh) scene for scene. ~boom~