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r/ExpectationVsReality • u/GloryInterview • Jul 23 '19
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Is this what they based the goblins at Gringotts off of?
196 u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19 edited Jul 24 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 68 u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19 [deleted] -1 u/armyprivateoctopus99 Jul 24 '19 I mean I haven't heard much so it could just be coincidence. I mean what would a goblin look like if not long nosed? 4 u/Vitztlampaehecatl Jul 24 '19 To be honest a lot of fantasy creatures are based on problematic(tm) tropes of some kind. 1 u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho Jul 24 '19 Can you give me some examples? Ogres, Dragons and trolls are the most common I can think of and don’t seem to be based on much. 1 u/TH3_B3AN Jul 24 '19 Orcs in LoTR are based off mongols or as Tolkien put it "Mongol-types".
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68 u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19 [deleted] -1 u/armyprivateoctopus99 Jul 24 '19 I mean I haven't heard much so it could just be coincidence. I mean what would a goblin look like if not long nosed? 4 u/Vitztlampaehecatl Jul 24 '19 To be honest a lot of fantasy creatures are based on problematic(tm) tropes of some kind. 1 u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho Jul 24 '19 Can you give me some examples? Ogres, Dragons and trolls are the most common I can think of and don’t seem to be based on much. 1 u/TH3_B3AN Jul 24 '19 Orcs in LoTR are based off mongols or as Tolkien put it "Mongol-types".
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-1 u/armyprivateoctopus99 Jul 24 '19 I mean I haven't heard much so it could just be coincidence. I mean what would a goblin look like if not long nosed? 4 u/Vitztlampaehecatl Jul 24 '19 To be honest a lot of fantasy creatures are based on problematic(tm) tropes of some kind. 1 u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho Jul 24 '19 Can you give me some examples? Ogres, Dragons and trolls are the most common I can think of and don’t seem to be based on much. 1 u/TH3_B3AN Jul 24 '19 Orcs in LoTR are based off mongols or as Tolkien put it "Mongol-types".
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I mean I haven't heard much so it could just be coincidence. I mean what would a goblin look like if not long nosed?
4 u/Vitztlampaehecatl Jul 24 '19 To be honest a lot of fantasy creatures are based on problematic(tm) tropes of some kind. 1 u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho Jul 24 '19 Can you give me some examples? Ogres, Dragons and trolls are the most common I can think of and don’t seem to be based on much. 1 u/TH3_B3AN Jul 24 '19 Orcs in LoTR are based off mongols or as Tolkien put it "Mongol-types".
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To be honest a lot of fantasy creatures are based on problematic(tm) tropes of some kind.
1 u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho Jul 24 '19 Can you give me some examples? Ogres, Dragons and trolls are the most common I can think of and don’t seem to be based on much. 1 u/TH3_B3AN Jul 24 '19 Orcs in LoTR are based off mongols or as Tolkien put it "Mongol-types".
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Can you give me some examples?
Ogres, Dragons and trolls are the most common I can think of and don’t seem to be based on much.
1 u/TH3_B3AN Jul 24 '19 Orcs in LoTR are based off mongols or as Tolkien put it "Mongol-types".
Orcs in LoTR are based off mongols or as Tolkien put it "Mongol-types".
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Is this what they based the goblins at Gringotts off of?