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Kids Ruin Everything! Why fantasy is FOR adults - On Fairy Stories, Part 3
This week we discussed "Children" from the "On Fairy Stories" by Tolkien. He pushes back against the coupling of fairy-stories and children, making the point that, "If fairy-story as a kind is worth reading at all it is worthy to be written for and read by adults."
We talk about:
* Suspension of Disbelief vs Literary Belief
* How fairy-stories are not to be relegated to nurseries
* How children ruin everything (even fairy-stories) if we leave it alone with them
* The "covert sniggering" that happens when adults write stories FOR children
* Is the Hobbit too "silly" for Middle-earth
Then in our members-only episode (https://theonering.com/members) we:
* Did Tolkien approve or enjoy tragedies?
* Discuss our interview with Nick Groom last week, and why we weren't more confrontational.
* We did, in fact, react with quiet disbelief at some of Professor Groom's answers to our Confessions from the Comfy Chair--just check the screencaps!
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