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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm extremely impressed that you were able to read and understand LotR at 7 years old. i read them at 15 and loved them, but definitely had trouble at the council of the elves etc

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    For me it's just all the funny words for highly specific descriptors of particular types of terrain. But also, you can somehow still get such a vivid picture and follow the gist, even as you filter through all that, even if you don't bother to look it up.

    "Along the left was an eylet flanked by a hithertop which flattened as they proceeded north through the shallow wolly, which rose into semi-steep clifftons..."

    (Yes I made all that up lol)

    Somehow even with my ADHD I'm having such a good time with it...because it's so vivid, like Tolkien was actually there.

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