I guess I can see them both showing selfish sides during and after the quest. Because, like, they're not angels. No matter how much we may think that.
I can see where pre-quest is appealing, but something about it seems to me to deny some of the inherent...reality of Tolkien's world. Yes, we all wish the Shire was a happy gay pagan poly paradise, but it's not. It's Victorian England with little people.
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Date: 2004-09-22 10:37 am (UTC)I can see where pre-quest is appealing, but something about it seems to me to deny some of the inherent...reality of Tolkien's world. Yes, we all wish the Shire was a happy gay pagan poly paradise, but it's not. It's Victorian England with little people.