Lord of the Rings
Book • 1954 • Fantasy
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Celebrimbor
Quite a lot, both attempting and succeeding.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Lomion
Outside of the Mines of Moria, Bill the Pony is left behind. However, Bill is later reunited with Sam.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Lomion
Denethor.
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Is someone stalked?
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Anonymous
Gollum follows Frodo for hundreds of miles before being confronted, and Gríma is hinted to have been following Éowyn around.
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A character claims there to be a rumor that the main character's parents killed each other, but this is almost certainly made up.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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MisterBadGuy
Parents in the books are almost universally described as good: the sole exception is Denethor, who is rather cold in his treatment of his adult son Faramir, but it is not framed in an abusive fashion so much as a willingness to use Faramir as a gamepiece in the war.
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Addiction
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hobbitishgay
No, but the addiction to the One Ring may be reminiscent of a drug addiction
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Is there addiction?
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EverettHuband
The Ring Itself is an addiction, as proved by gollum.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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hobbitishgay
Characters drink multiple times, but there is no mention of alcoholism or addiction
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
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Quite a few unnamed and background horses die, but Bill the Pony and Shadowfax make it out okay.
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MisterBadGuy
Early in their journey, the Fellowship is attacked by a large pack of wolves and kills many of them. Gollum eats a number of fish over the course of the story, and kills some rabbits. A number of creatures resembling giant elephants are killed in battle by the protagonists.
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Are animals abused?
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StaleOrchid
In Bree, the Hobbits aquire a pony who is said to have been mistreated by its previous owner
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Is an animal sad?
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StaleOrchid
Bill, the pony, is said to have been clearly miserable before the Hobbits take him wity them
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Crow75
Rabbits are killed and eaten once.
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Does a dragon die?
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TelevisionMarie19
Large flying monsters called Fellbeasts are killed, but they are more birdlike than dragonlike.
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Are there spiders?
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hobbitishgay
Book 4 chapter 9
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Are there snakes?
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Lomion
There are metal snakes on Aragorn's ring, the Ring of Barahir.
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Are there sharks?
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Celebrimbor
There is a character called Sharkey, but his name has nothing to do with sharks.
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Are there bugs?
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hobbitishgay
Giant spider in book 4 chapter 9
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone restrained?
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MisterBadGuy
A number of characters are held captive over the story: most notably, two characters spending an extended period of Chapter 3 of Two Towers with their hands bound.
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ChemistL2
No, but there are some scenes that may be triggering by resembling it. In chapter 3 of The Two Towers some characters are restrained and groped by a captor to search them. It is done in a creepily intimate way that could be seen as similar to SA and one of the characters refuses to speak of the experience later. In RoTK something similar happens and the character is stripped. And in FoTR some characters are kidnapped and their kidnapper has put them in different clothes and covered them in jewelry. In TT one character seemingly intends to be given another they're attracted to, and are implied to have stalked. as a reward for treachery, but they do not succeed.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Happens in Book 3 chapter 3.
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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
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MisterBadGuy
A main character's finger is bitten off. The main antagonist's finger is mentioned to have been cut off in the backstory.
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Is there decapitation?
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MisterBadGuy
A number of characters are killed this way. Gimli in particular has it often noted that his axe "hews orc-necks."
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Is there cannibalism?
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hobbitishgay
Possibly implied in book 6 chapter 8
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Is someone crushed to death?
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There are vague mentions of crushed body parts and a main character is crushed nearly to death in Book 5 Chapter 10 (RoTK).
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Is someone choked?
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MisterBadGuy
A major character attempts to strangle multiple other characters over the course of the story.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Lomion
In the Council of Elrond, the death of an Elven King who was burned alive is described.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Anonymous
The Hobbits are briefly taken into a tomb by a barrow-wight before being rescued by Tom Bombadil.
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Is there amputation?
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hobbitishgay
A finger is lost, no limbs are lost
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Does a head get squashed?
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baharv89
No beheadings described but in Book 5 Chapter 4 "The Siege of Gondor" heads of fallen soldiers are catapulted into a city under siege and it's pretty gruesome
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Does someone break a bone?
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A character has their arm broken by a swing from a mace in The Battle of Pelennor Fields.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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hobbitishgay
Book 6 chapter 3
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Does someone fall to their death?
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LimeadeIsLife
There is one example in Fellowship of the Ring where the character later comes back to life, as the other commenter mentioned. But there is another example in Return of the King where the character really does die.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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MisterBadGuy
There is an offhand mention of babies disappearing from cribs, but nothing is shown.
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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MisterBadGuy
The main character's parents are noted to have died some years prior to the books. Two supporting characters lose their uncle, whom they consider a surrogate father, and his own son dies offscreen. Another character loses his father and elder brother. A minor character noted to be a distant relative of the main character dies of natural causes. All deaths are framed tragically.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Celebrimbor
From the end of book 2 (Fellowship of the Ring) to chapter 3 of book 3 (Two Towers not RoTK), and in books 4 and 6.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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baharv89
There is a whole legion of ghosts in Book 5 Chapter 2 "The Passage of the Grey Company"
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Is there a shower scene?
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Celebrimbor
No, but there is a bath scene.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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MisterBadGuy
A Journey in the Dark features a dark and unusually still lake, with a monstrous creature resembling an octopus hiding beneath the surface.
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Is someone possessed?
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baharv89
A major theme is the corrupting influence of power and evil, particularly in relation to Sauron and/or the One Ring. Everyone who has the Ring for a long time eventually becomes possessed by it, though some are better at resisting this than others.
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Gross
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Does someone spit?
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Celebrimbor
Many times, especially in The Two Towers.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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MisterBadGuy
The books take place before the existence of modern law enforcement. The closest thing is an organization called the Shiriffs, who are co-opted into the foot soldiers of a street gang in "The Scouring of the Shire"; they are framed as ineffectual buffoons.
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Is there incarceration?
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Celebrimbor
Some main characters are arrested at the end of RoTK.
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LGBTQ+
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Paula_S
I mean there's no trans characters, it's based on a book from the 50s.
Loads of people have multiple names and are referred to by various ones at different points, but I don't think that is what you mean.
Loads of people have multiple names and are referred to by various ones at different points, but I don't think that is what you mean.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Celebrimbor
Well, that is what the book is about.
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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The chapter "The Houses of Healing" in Return of the King has several major characters near death in a hospital following a major battle.
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Mental Health
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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MisterBadGuy
Gollum is depicted as severely maddened by his experiences and the Ring's corruption, and is a murderer.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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MisterBadGuy
It can be somewhat questioned whether Gollum represents a person with DID, but he is depicted as a character with two personalities, one of which is cowardly and simpering, the other treacherous and murderous.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Celebrimbor
Not in those words but a character explains multiple times that they are going to kill themself in Return of the King and another thinks about killing themself in the Two Towers.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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baharv89
Book 4 Chapter 9 "Shelob's Lair" is fairly claustrophobic
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hobbitishgay
Book 5 chapter 7
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Celebrimbor
Yes, especially in the prologue and appendices.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Celebrimbor
Yes, but they are not used as slurs but in their original innocent meaning.
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baharv89
No misgendering. One character disguises herself as a man so she can go fight in battle.
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Are there fat jokes?
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MisterBadGuy
The hobbits, who are described as well-fed, often make jokes about either their own weight or each other's, which is usually framed in a playful manner. A few minor characters, though treated positively, are largely defined by being fat, including a hobbit named Fatty Bolger and a commander named Forlong the Fat.
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Is there aphobia?
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Crow75
On the contrary. Many many characters can be interepeted as aro and/or ace. Obviously, not explicitly called or described like that, but from the context (like the utter lack of romantic partners or interest in such).
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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MisterBadGuy
There are a few relationships that feature some kind of age gap - for instance, a 26-year-old woman bearing a crush on an 87-year-old man who marries a 2000-year-old woman - but it is not treated as such, as the characters have hugely varying lifespans and nearly all of those romantically involved appear similar in age.
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Religious
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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MisterBadGuy
There are a number of scenes featuring male nudity, with the most notable appearing in "Fog on the Barrow-Downs", "The White Rider", and "The Tower of Cirith Ungol." In no instance is it framed as sexual.
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Celebrimbor
Not unless you count third cousins, or first cousins 70 times removed.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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MisterBadGuy
Though many characters cry or weep, it is never framed as negative.
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Sickness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Celebrimbor
Bilbo has a worsening memory throughout the book.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Anonymous
Bittersweet. Sauron is defeated, but the world will never be the same and several major characters ultimately leave Middle-Earth forever.
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Vehicular
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Anonymous
Frodo's mom and dad are explicitly mentioned to have died in a boating accident.
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Is there blood/gore?
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EverettHuband
There are huge bloody battles with crazy high casualties.
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