Fantasy World Meme

[sangate]

You find yourself in front of seven identical doors.
                A voice from above tells you:
"These seven doors lead to seven places:
Narnia, Neverland, Wonderland, Hogwarts, Camelot, Middle-earth, and Westeros.
Which door do you go through?
Why that door? What happens?"I've had a good think on this and realised it's a very difficult

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[quirky_thoughts]

Oh...interesting question

[sangate]

Buhahahah I actually wanted to end on: "So that will turn out to be an unexpected journey for me." XD I decided against it last minute, so I cannot tell you how happy it makes me you made the pun anyway XD

It's just so difficult, isn't it, with when you're getting there. I'm all for hot knights, but when half or them die.. It does make a point against it :p Stupid writers.. :p

But yep, I'm completely with you on all of it :D

And yeah let's leave the orcs and Sauron alone.. *shifty eyes*

[quirky_thoughts]

Haha..well sometimes a pun is essential. My brain made me do it!

It's an interesting thing when you think about it..how women don't fare very well in fantasy worlds in general. I suppose Harry Potter's world is pretty good on equality.Tolkein doesn't give women much to do in general but there's Éowyn so at least he didn't think females were either invisible or helpless maidens to be swept off their feet by the handsome warrior. (Although I don't have a problem being swept of my feet by said handsome warrior!):D #hopelessromantic

[sangate]

I like your brain XD

I've thought about women in Tolkien a lot. Even thought of doing my dissertation on that subject, but decided against it since I am no feminist and I'd have to dive into that part of the argument too. I think in Tolkien's world, he came from the trenches, where there were no women at all. I think that translates into his writing: absence of women. Where they are there, they are the nurses and mothers, as he encountered them in his life. The interesting thing though is that one of the most important characters of Middle-earth is female (Galadriel) and Eowyn is all sorts of awesome. So there is that, which IMO argues that he's not anti-feminist nor saw them as just fit for the kitchen, but that women weren't part of the world of war at that time.

Oh that turned out rather long.. LOL

[quirky_thoughts]

I agree about Tolkien. He belonged to a different age and his views about women reflect that. I don't know anything about his personal views though...but it seems he admired women as he gave us Galadriel and Eowyn.

You've obviously thought about this much more than I have but I'm curious...what do you mean about not being a feminist? I think your views, as a woman from a younger generation, are extremely interesting on the whole thing.

[sangate]

Ooh now there's a question :D It has a few sides to it and I'm not sure I can answer it satisfactory here. I'll try though and hope you don't think I'm a moron at the end LOL

[quirky_thoughts]

Nope...definitely don't think you're a moron! XD

[sangate]

I hear you completely on all you said, I really do. And especially when it comes to fiction, there is a serious lack of females in that world. I remember seeing interviews with Scarlett Johansson and she made a stand when RDJ got really interesting character questions and she was asked if she could wear underwear beneath her suit and what diet she was on. I'd have been furious too! Plus it shows there's still a long way to go, because often people aren't even aware that they do it