this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2024
632 points (98.2% liked)

Lord of the memes

8156 readers
14 users here now

The Lord of the rings memes communitiy on Lemmy. Share memes about Lord of the rings and be respectful.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The trees were not a metaphor for the US. Tolkien repeatedly stated he actively avoided using allegory in LOTR.

Besides, if anything it was the common "nature getting revenge for what we've done to it" trope.