An anon asked:
What are your old and new opinions on Turin Turambar?
I replied:
Old: Túrin is a colossal asshole who brought all his suffering down on himself and would have been able to escape Morgoth’s curse if not for being such a terrible person. (more or less)
New: a) curses in Middle-earth Do Not Work That Way, and b) Túrin is one of Tolkien’s most complex and engaging characters, in both his virtues and his vices—there’s a lot more to him than “lol human disaster area”
(In the tags, I added: #túrin turambar #is honestly pretty fabulous #i'm pretty sure sparkles and tragedy just follow him around)
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