That stuff drives me insane, it’s like the continuous harping on and on about Tolkiens work being a reflections of industrialization, Frodo’s journey being PTSD after war and so on.
It’s a fantasy world, sure you can see the inspirational dots cause he lived in that era and experienced war, but I really dislike people needing to find a RL connection to fictional worlds and their problems, and make the author out to try and send a message through them or that their work reflects their stance on RL. There obviously are such books and authors, but it feels like a trend sometimes that if you dig far enough or you think yourself clever enough, you can “crack the code” behind all fiction.
I’ve wanted to write a fantasy world and novels myself for a fair few years, and sure there’s inspiration everywhere and themes that reflect RL issues, but foremost I just wanna write a neat fictional world, not sit there trying to send some deep hidden message I feel the reader needs to learn and that analysing my work will crack the person I am.
So I feel rather than try find meaning and teachings in a book not about that and try connect the dots to the author, just enjoy it for the journey and story. That way you’ll likely find less criticism for them, less personal issues and just enjoy them more for what they are.
That stuff drives me insane, it’s like the continuous harping on and on about Tolkiens work being a reflections of industrialization, Frodo’s journey being PTSD after war and so on.
It’s a fantasy world, sure you can see the inspirational dots cause he lived in that era and experienced war, but I really dislike people needing to find a RL connection to fictional worlds and their problems, and make the author out to try and send a message through them or that their work reflects their stance on RL. There obviously are such books and authors, but it feels like a trend sometimes that if you dig far enough or you think yourself clever enough, you can “crack the code” behind all fiction.
I’ve wanted to write a fantasy world and novels myself for a fair few years, and sure there’s inspiration everywhere and themes that reflect RL issues, but foremost I just wanna write a neat fictional world, not sit there trying to send some deep hidden message I feel the reader needs to learn and that analysing my work will crack the person I am.
So I feel rather than try find meaning and teachings in a book not about that and try connect the dots to the author, just enjoy it for the journey and story. That way you’ll likely find less criticism for them, less personal issues and just enjoy them more for what they are.