Lord of the Rings has a little bit of that thing Sor's mom has talked about, where it's inspired so much other media that it ends up feeling a little derivative, even though it's the thing being derived
Which is to say that I keep seeing the setpieces and thinking about Skyrim
I like how flawed Gandalf is. It would be really easy to make him functionally perfect, but he's judgemental and has a temper that blinds him to better options sometimes
I keep thinking of that 'it's called Spider's Pass, what do you think is in it' tumblr post
