Recreating Tolkien | On Activist Fandom and the Rings of Power

You've probably heard of the "Purist" fans of Tolkien--those who only and always hew closely to Tolkien's exact writings. Today, there's another stripe of fandom: the activistis.

Jonathan, Michael, and Dan engage in a discussion, posing the question, will activist fandom eventually destroy Tolkien?

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Chapters
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00:00 Introduction
00:10 Will activist fandom eventually destroy Tolkien?
03:00 The Activist Lens
06:18 Projectionism is the Problem
07:40 Lord of the Rings isn't Christian?
09:14 The Black Hole of Activism
12:20 When you project, you cheapen it
13:45 Don't let the labels get to you
14:20 Story shouldn't be a vehicle for the message
15:10 Pure narcissism
16:40 Star Wars has already been destroyed
17:05 Tolkien needs to stay Tolkien
10:20 Hobbits from Skid Row
10:45 The Hobbits are a diversity grab
13:04 "If you can't see it, you can't be it"
13:45 We're skeptical. Are you?