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One of these is better than the others (cdn.masto.host)
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One of these is better than the others... you know the one I mean ๐Ÿ˜ @bookstodon @books @worldbuilding @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks#FantasyMemes #Worldbuilding #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

Meme compairing three Fantasy writers worldbuilding: J.K Rowling: Only start creating a lore after you already finished half of the series and keep adding stuff a decade after finishing it G.R.R Martin: Steal 90% of your deep lore from real life history and other authors to fill out your world map J.R.R Tolkien: Create an entire universe with a bloody, theological history with of hundreds of characters and dozens of devastating wars, then write a childrens book in it
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[โ€“] 2 points 8 months ago

To be fair, The Hobbit didn't start as a Middle-earth story and was retconned into being one after he started writing the sequel. Which is why the only mention of Hobbits in The Silmarillion is a line at the very end about Frodo destroying the One Ring even though The Shire either was a client state of Numenor before it sank or is the last remaining part of the Numenorean government.

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