The Lord of the Rings (i.e. J.K. Rowling sucks)

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J.K. Rowling sucks. I love Harry Potter and the whole series, but I have one (actually, several, but whatever) problem with the whole thing. The Lord of the Rings. I haven’t read the books – I tried once but it was like thirty pages about what a tree looks like – but I just saw the first movie, and J.K. Rowling sucks. She ripped off, like, the entire story. From Voldemort not being in full form yet to the horacrux that makes the three of them crazy, basically the entire story is a huge rip off and it makes me irritated. Are people upset about this? Because they should be. Almost everything was taken directly from this story and it’s obnoxious and makes her way less special. OOH and how about when Liv Tyler made the water horses attack those guys? Expecto Patronum much?

I mean, for pete’s sake, they even call the big bad guy The Dark Lord!!! Like, you couldn’t come up with something on your own? Here are some more (that I found on the internet because I can’t think that fast):

- Frodo lives with his uncle like Harry lives with HIS uncle
- Gandalf + Dumbledore = the same long bearded quirky wizard
- Frodo’s parents are dead, so are Harry’s
- Dog named Fang. Seriously, in both stories.
- Dementors are JUST LIKE the creepy guys chasing Elijah Wood
- Horacrux, when held too long, makes you mean and crazy – like the ring.
- Harry’s patronus looks a lot like Liv Tyler’s
- The Dark Lord – come on, she could’ve changed it a little or something
- Troll fight was almost the same
- Creepy little creature who talks about himself in third person? Dobby and Gollum, for real.
- Giant spider! I am getting more and more upset.
- Evil forest in both
- Scary and violent willow tree
- One sword that has lots of power
- Seriously. They both have a scar. For real.

In general, it makes me want to vomit. I mean, I’m okay with ideas in general being recycled because there are only so many stories, but this one is overkill and I wish someone had sued J.K. Rowling for being a loser.

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