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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, fun fact: Tolkien converted C.S. Lewis to Christianity, who almost immediately disappointed him by adopting Anglicanism instead of Catholicism and then decided Tolkien's stories weren't Christian enough, so he basically wrote the Narnia books out of spite.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't cite the deep lore to me witch

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was there when it was written

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When the will of Catholics failed