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mahoni for the link to the If Other Authors Wrote LOTR page. I think my favorite was the Lord of the Rings, by PG Wodehouse version
"Sam, I've decided to go and overthrow the Dark Lord by tossing his jewellery into a volcano."
"Very good, sir. Should I lay out your crazy adventure garb? I presume that this will pose a delay to tea-time. I would remind your Hobbitship that your Great Aunt Lobellia Sackville-Baggins is expected for tea."
"Blast! I say, bother! How can a chap overthrow the Dark Lord? I suppose I will have to delay my campaign."
"Very good, sir. I believe you will be free in about a decade."
"I'll do it then. Make a note, Sam."
See, this is my big problem with the book. They delay! delay! delay! when it comes to set off on the Quest. It's like, Hey! they're after us! Let's sell my house! And get a reasonable price! Sneak off in the dead of night? Why bother? We're, um, small! Small enough that they won't be able to see us from way atop those big horses!
Or something like that. It's the most lackadasical quest in history. It makes Voldemort waiting the school year to portkey Harry to the graveyard look like an exercise in practicality.
Plot holes? I point and laugh at plot holes. Or I don't think about them too much, especially when they get in the way of a good story.
mahoni for the link to the If Other Authors Wrote LOTR page. I think my favorite was the Lord of the Rings, by PG Wodehouse version "Sam, I've decided to go and overthrow the Dark Lord by tossing his jewellery into a volcano."
"Very good, sir. Should I lay out your crazy adventure garb? I presume that this will pose a delay to tea-time. I would remind your Hobbitship that your Great Aunt Lobellia Sackville-Baggins is expected for tea."
"Blast! I say, bother! How can a chap overthrow the Dark Lord? I suppose I will have to delay my campaign."
"Very good, sir. I believe you will be free in about a decade."
"I'll do it then. Make a note, Sam."
See, this is my big problem with the book. They delay! delay! delay! when it comes to set off on the Quest. It's like, Hey! they're after us! Let's sell my house! And get a reasonable price! Sneak off in the dead of night? Why bother? We're, um, small! Small enough that they won't be able to see us from way atop those big horses!
Or something like that. It's the most lackadasical quest in history. It makes Voldemort waiting the school year to portkey Harry to the graveyard look like an exercise in practicality.
Plot holes? I point and laugh at plot holes. Or I don't think about them too much, especially when they get in the way of a good story.
