Comments by "Dino2996" (@Dino23968) on "WatchMojo.com"
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Javier Fernandez The story of Frodo is different in fundemental ways. Frodo was born humble. He had no ancient prophesy that he would become the Ringbearer. He was always a simple hobbit. He enjoyed friendship and frivolity and good, abundant food and drink. Greatness was thrust upon him in way it never was upon Harry. Yes, both had an seemingly impossible task ahead, but Harry always had the power (or the curse) to protect himself from Voldemort. Frodo was just a plain hobbit. He had no destiny, no magical powers. He was not descended from a long line of ancient rulers, like Aragorn. He was not the greatest living wizard, like Gandolf. He was not a stalwart warrior like Gimli or Legolas or Faramir. His power came purely from his bravery and determination. LIke Harry, there were times when he was protected and assisted. But the bulk of his journey, his trial, was set squarely on his shoulders. He was the one (alongside Samwise) that walked to the literal end of Middle Earth and destroyed the greatest evil the world has ever known. Yes, only Harry could ultimately kill Voldemort, but he had an army of friends and allies who fought alongside him and cleared his way. Frodo did it only with a portly gardener, a glowing blue sword, some crunchy snacks and an evil little creature. Harry grew into what he was destined to become. Frodo grew beyond his limitations, surpassed what was thought possible. Now that is the greater heroism.
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When it comes to the main characters, Frodo was born humble. He had no ancient prophesy that he would become the Ringbearer. He was always a simple hobbit. He enjoyed friendship and frivolity and good, abundant food and drink. Greatness was thrust upon him in way it never was upon Harry. Frodo was just a plain hobbit. He had no destiny, no magical powers. He was not descended from a long line of ancient rulers, like Aragorn. He was not the greatest living wizard, like Gandalf. He was not a stalwart warrior like Gimli or Legolas or Faramir. His power came purely from his bravery and determination. Like Harry, there were times when he was protected and assisted. But the bulk of his journey, his trial, was set squarely on his shoulders. He was the one (alongside Samwise) that walked to the literal end of Middle Earth and destroyed the greatest evil the world has ever known. Yes, only Harry could ultimately kill Voldemort, but he had an army of friends and allies who fought alongside him and cleared his way. Frodo did it only with a portly gardener, a glowing blue sword, some crunchy snacks and an evil little creature. Harry grew into what he was destined to become. Frodo grew beyond his limitations, surpassed what was thought possible. Now that is a more natural form of heroism. Harry, on the other hand, is really just a Mary Sue and return to the now cliché Doc Savage-type protagonist. The "every man." The "perfect man." The "ideal hero we wish for." The "guy who solves everything with pure luck and is just always right on top." And before anyone says this, sure, I know that's really just the author's personal preference, but the character could have been done a bit more believable.
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When it comes to tying magic into the lore, definitely LOTR. Sure, HP had good magic tied to the lore, but JRR Tolkien wrote so many endless pages about how his world was built, how gods became demigods, and how races of elves, dwarves, and humans came to be. All the things are so well explained, the magic system is so well understood, and of course it’s foundation in the creation of the world. This is something that unfortunately doesn’t come from many fantasy authors of today, not even JK Rowling. They may build a magic system, but they barely tell us how this all came to be. I know that there are some people out there like “Who cares? Nobody wants to know how this world came to be. I just want a story and not stuff that is boring to us?” Are you kidding? Of course there’s a lot of us who wants to know the history of that world and tying the magic to history and Tolkien did that in such an outstanding way once you give it a chance. Which leads to the problem here:Potter fans take one look at the LOTR or Middle-Earth books and be like “UGH, I can sooooo tell that this is totally gonna be utterly aweful and boring with too much fat written in the pages.” First of all, this is called open world building. Second, of all the books keep the juxtaposition of world building and storytelling in perfect balance. Third of all, the books have a lot written in the pages because this is a fully mature fantasy for real adult audience instead of the kind that are stuck on the juvenile too-trimmed-down-for-easy peezyness children’s fantasy that is HP.
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