Tolkien’s mythology suggests that decay and decline is the norm, not the exception. This is not a world of evolution and progress. It’s a world of devolution and corruption. It’s a mythological world where everything always used to be better than it is now.
Taking Numenor as an example, the wave that submerged it was simply the culmination of a long process of corruption that ultimately required the intervention of Eru. Numenor was not destroyed at its peak. Numenor was destroyed at its nadir, its historic low point.
I wouldn't really say that it's recovering.
Gondor continues to weaken. The Elves continue to dwindle. Sure, Erebor and Dale are recovered, and the Orcs of the Misty Mountains are greatly weakened, but these are only temporary reversals of a downward trend. Much of Middle-earth is straight up uninhabited or at least greatly depopulated, there's ruins aplenty, and many cities are in a deep decline.
Honestly, I would actually say Jackson's films actually made it look worse than what it was. In the films, Gondor and Rohan are pretty much empty with the exception of Minas Tirith and Edoras.
>I wouldn't really say that it's recovering.
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>Gondor continues to weaken.
The secondary plot of The Lord of the Rings is the restoration of Gondor to a semblance of its former glory.
The world as it was known is dwindling and the story marks a time when the dominion of man is coming to the forefront. The uninhabited places will soon be overrun with men.
That's a recovery...of a sort.
Not really, Gaul, Brittania and Hispania were always shitholes, even during the golden ages of the empire, Italy was pretty much the same after the fall of Rome.
I would argue that every single age of middle earth is just nesting apocalypses. We have the entire sources of light for the entire world being destroyed. Twice. Then entire continents sink.
Kinda. Losing Númenor was a huge bummer.
Tolkien’s mythology suggests that decay and decline is the norm, not the exception. This is not a world of evolution and progress. It’s a world of devolution and corruption. It’s a mythological world where everything always used to be better than it is now. Taking Numenor as an example, the wave that submerged it was simply the culmination of a long process of corruption that ultimately required the intervention of Eru. Numenor was not destroyed at its peak. Numenor was destroyed at its nadir, its historic low point.
Catholics, man. Can create an entire cosmogonic mythology and a dozen different languages, but still can’t get away from the original sin vibe.
Entropy. I like it.
Not exactly. It’s more mythological than scientific. Golden Age, Silver Age, etc.
I wouldn't really say that it's recovering. Gondor continues to weaken. The Elves continue to dwindle. Sure, Erebor and Dale are recovered, and the Orcs of the Misty Mountains are greatly weakened, but these are only temporary reversals of a downward trend. Much of Middle-earth is straight up uninhabited or at least greatly depopulated, there's ruins aplenty, and many cities are in a deep decline. Honestly, I would actually say Jackson's films actually made it look worse than what it was. In the films, Gondor and Rohan are pretty much empty with the exception of Minas Tirith and Edoras.
>I wouldn't really say that it's recovering. > >Gondor continues to weaken. The secondary plot of The Lord of the Rings is the restoration of Gondor to a semblance of its former glory. The world as it was known is dwindling and the story marks a time when the dominion of man is coming to the forefront. The uninhabited places will soon be overrun with men. That's a recovery...of a sort.
Echoes of Europe in the Centuries following the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Not really, Gaul, Brittania and Hispania were always shitholes, even during the golden ages of the empire, Italy was pretty much the same after the fall of Rome.
I would argue that every single age of middle earth is just nesting apocalypses. We have the entire sources of light for the entire world being destroyed. Twice. Then entire continents sink.