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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

And CS Lewis made him useless Santa next to his lion Jesus allegory which you could have a lot of theological debates about but in the end is mostly just kinda funny also.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago

He also made him a buff/hot space traveler who fist fights the devil and wins (the protagonist of Out of the Silent Planet/Perelandra is based on Tolkien).

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Wait, Father Christmas in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was intended to be Tolkien?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Much better, CS Lewis also made him the cool protagonist of his Cosmic Trilogy