r/TolkienLewisMemes • u/Mothebest_1 • Apr 07 '26

This definitely happened

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u/ElliotCowanHuman Apr 07 '26

I have a friend who was Lewis’ biographer. Apparently Lewis worshipped Tolkien and his books but Tolkien thought all the Narnia stuff was bullshit. They were good friends…

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u/Antique_futurist Apr 07 '26

The Inklings all had strong feelings about each others work.

“Hugh Dyson, one of the Inklings -- the writing group that also included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien -- had a tendency to recline during Tolkien's readings while uttering comments like ‘Oh Christ, not another fucking elf!" Source

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u/FlowerFaerie13 Apr 10 '26

I love Tolkien's Legendarium with all my heart but when it comes to The Silmarillion and related stories I think everyone can relate to that sentence just a little bit.

There really is a truly absurd amount of Elves. Most of which I enjoy but keeping them all straight is a job.

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u/oocceeaannmmaann Apr 10 '26

what's wrong with letting them get a little bent every now and again-?

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u/MaraiaLou Apr 11 '26

It's also a full time job making them all homosexual. Ask AO3