@Fallen: Go for Taming Of The Shrew as well, it's hilarious.

EDIT: Pagetopper.

edited 29th Apr '12 8:40:18 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Sounds like some good reverse psychology.

@JT What's this "Rainity?"

Just follow the link and see.

I refer you all to this

@Pagetopper: Ooooh.....I wonder how Bon Bon would look with a wet mane...

edited 29th Apr '12 8:43:05 PM by LyraHeartstrings

then you got people that SWEAR Lord of the Rings was a massive anti-war / World War II analogy, and prove how Tolkien made it clear with all these little details.

Despite Tolkien himself saying it was bullshit, he hated analogy like that, he didn't put any deeper meaning in it. Got to the point actully laied out EXACTLY how the book would have worked if it HAD. Saurman would have made his own ring of power, all the :good guys" would form an allegience with him to help overthrow Sauron using it, and no matter who won, the winning side would fuck over the Hobbits and treat them like crap/ensalve them.

Yeah, that just about sums it up. I'm sure some of the symbolism is intentional, but a lot of it is just people projecting onto it. I much prefer analyzing the technical aspects, stuff like "why did this character do this?" or "why did the author use this particular wording?".

Didn't he say that if the ring was a bomb analogy it would have been used?

edited 29th Apr '12 8:44:46 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Thread Hop Howdy guys what I miss?

You guys may want to watch this.

@Seraphem: Any kind of gay subtext in LOTR, however, is totally valid.

edited 29th Apr '12 8:45:17 PM by edvedd

Discussing how stupid it is for people to analyze books that the author didn't intend to be analyzed.

@JT thanks for the recomendation I will. A comedy? sounds like fun

edited 29th Apr '12 8:47:48 PM by FallenLegend

John de-lancie and Tara Strong at the same time? My head asplode.

@ Ginger: While I hat to say anything toward about my area of study, perhaps literature scholars do tend to over analyze and project their own interpretations on an author's work. I don't think my classes ever got that absurd though.

And it's a brony-specific panel.

edited 29th Apr '12 8:46:08 PM by CDRW

@Fallen: In general Shakespeare's comedies are pretty good. A Midsummer Night's Dream is also really great.

edited 29th Apr '12 8:48:01 PM by JapaneseTeeth

I love A Misummer Night's Dream! As You Like it is another fantastic comedy by Shakespeare.

edited 29th Apr '12 8:47:44 PM by Drenius

I acted for a high school rendition of Midsummers night dream. I played The asshole of a father Egeus

edited 29th Apr '12 8:48:36 PM by stevebat

Lots of crossdressing.

Same here. I was Quince. The Play-within-a-play at the end was a huge Crowning Moment of Funny. Pretty much every prop self-destructed.

edited 29th Apr '12 8:48:54 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@ J-Teeth, yeah hence the Saruman makes his own Ring and the good guys use it to defeat Sauron.

Actually... no, I don't think I like a single one of Shakespeare's works

...and that makes me a literary pariah, don't it? XD

ugh no time to watch that tongiht.

so ginger..intrest you in TLAT yet? it's much shorter the any FOE thing.

@Ginger: Depends on why.

I'm uploading it to the kindle now