patron-saint-of-smart-asses:

notreewaits:

snakesaredelicious:

doctorbluesmanreturns:

stealingmyplaceinthesun:

all those obviously-allegorical christian fantasy stories are like really really cringy bible fanfiction

I’m not sure how Lewis managed to thread the needle to have a blatant allegory that’s also a good story, but people have been trying to copy him for decades with no success.

What about Tolkien?

I think he said his work was Catholic but not allegorical

Yeah I think there is a quote of his floating around, about how he started writing the stories as their own thing but realized that he has subconsciously tied in Catholic themes and beliefs into the world’s method and plot.