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At this point I want to scream at people that we don’t HAVE to be faithful to the horrible beliefs of our predecessors. Like even IF Serkis was right (and he’s not) WE can choose to NOT repeat the mistakes of the past.

Tolkien wasn’t perfect and there is racism and bigotry in his works AND there was also a lot of anti-bigotry in his works but we’re not bound to the perspective of one man. We can choose to pick up where he left off and further correct the harmful tropes and inherent biases in his books.

No matter what Tolkien intended, Middle-Earth belongs to everyone and is home to everyone and we can choose to reflect the beauty of our diverse world by welcoming EVERYONE into our own interpretations and reimagings of Tolkien’s world.

When WE create something (even if it’s a reinterpretation or built off of someone else’s work) WE get to choose what values we want to imbue that work with. If we truly believe in antiracism and fighting against white supremacy, racism, fascism, etc. then we must actively choose to include the voices of people who historically have been pushed out for racist reasons.

By actively choosing to hide behind this weird logic that Tolkien wanted a pure whites only Shire so we just CANT cast people of color as hobbits, you are actively choosing to uphold the white supremacist and racist thoughts that are harming the world today. Then you’re using the dead professor as your shield to retain the goodwill of people willing to give you the benefit of a doubt (or who just don’t care). It’s insidious and a great way to cover your own troublesome beliefs. Additionally it creates this mental wall where you don’t have to question your own inherent biases.

Also, even IF that was truly Tolkien’s intention (which it wasn’t) WHY would you want to uphold that intention of all intentions? Why wouldn’t you want to dismantle that disgusting idea as soon as possible? You can love Tolkien and his world and also say you know what that’s a fucked up idea. Let’s not do that. Or yeah no professor that’s your bigotry/racism/biases popping up and I’m not going to tolerate that

There is this weird tension between remaining faithful to a book/comic and acknowledging that the mere act of adapting a work requires you to take someone else’s work and make it your own and by doing so YOU are actively choosing what to retain and what to reimagine. Your adaptation will NEVER be the book because the book is the book and your adaptation is YOUR take on the book. You, ultimately, are responsible for what is included and what isn’t and what you, either subconsciously or consciously, add to the adaptation.

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Perhaps that is how you find a Ukrainian abroad in the crowd — a lot of us would jump or tense from loud, booming noises of shutting doors, of things falling, sometimes from sounds of motors, because they remind us of explosions and drones.

I remember falling in love with thunderstorms, the mighty, overwhelming force of nature, the cool wind in my face, the lighting cutting the sky, and me, a little girl listening to New Divide by Linkin Park on my cousin's MP3 player...

Since then, russians forced me to fall out of love with it, because every time I hear thunder, I have to guess if it's just nature or an explosion. My cousin went a little crazy and stopped talking to me because I switched to Ukrainian.

The world has changed forever.

As a kid, I loved fireworks as well. Now, I am so, so afraid of them. I'm panicky scared of staying abroad for winter holidays, because I just know there will definitely be fireworks. And while the rest of the world will be celebrating the New Year, I'm going to be shaking and tensing. Hell, I'm even scared of the fireworks scene in the beginning of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy — I have to turn down the sound when I watch it.

It's just how it is.

My therapist told me those simple delights of life will return once we, Ukrainians, are able to finally feel safe.

The question I often ask myself, though, is how soon would that be?

"did you do all your prep for artfight in the 48 hours before it stats"

Yes, and? En garde