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Lord of the Rings is not reactionary
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That's fair. Orcs aren't from the east though, TECHNICALLY, but I understand what you mean.
It's definitely open to different interpretations, fully agree.
I mean...fucking everyone from The East. That's where the elves woke up
~~It's been a while for me but I'm pretty sure you're thinking of Men. Elves woke up in the West of Beleriand.~~
~~No one really can definitively say where orcs came from but if we assume they were corrupted elves, which I like, then they are still technically a 'western' race.~~
Nah, you're right! Elves woke up in the distant East as did Men. So I guess orcs could be considered eastern by my headcanon but so would everyone else like you said so I don't know where that leaves us. Haha
Starting in the east and going west to die (like the sun) is a common trope in these epics, and actually just a common theme throughout culture and religions
The east could just refer to normal ass middle earth which was to the east of beleriand as well