>While J.R.R. Tolkien was open to the idea of The Lord of the Rings being adapted into an animated film, he was skeptical of dramatic adaptations in general, particularly those that might "vulgarize" or "sillify" his work.
Noooooo, don't "sillify" my books about magic rings and goblins and talking eagles and shit

>>24572282 (OP)
He had a point

Tolkien's works are the ancient epics but made vulgar and silly for mundane people

you can see where peter jackson's scriptwriters realised the book was going to be far too homoerotic without creating the character of arwen