Fantasy and Science Fiction For Everyone Else

The premiere of the fantasy series The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, has brought out the same haters that usually show up when a series, movie, or television show that is based on famous novels makes their premier.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series is set in what he calls Middle Earth, is inhabited by dwarves, wizards, talking trees, goblins, trolls, orcs, dragons, hobbits, ghosts, giant wolves, eight-story tall elephants, giant spiders and jackrabbits, and bowling balls used as communication devices.

But a Black Elf or Dwarf is unbelievable to some white fans of the series.

The haters showed up when the Wheel of Time fantasy series, written by Robert Jordan, premiered earlier this year on Amazon Prime and has women who wield and channel the One Power which allow them to move things, control people, project images, and use as weapons. The series has haunted cities, people who can communicate with wolves, a world power controlled by women, reincarnation, women who run spy networks and the military, and a dark lord influencing events, possessing followers, and manipulating world events to set up his reincarnation.

But a few Black magical women is far too much for some white fans of the series.