As a Tolkien fan, I do not approve of this. Just my opinion. It is creating a disparaging connection between something so evil and something so positive and hopeful and Christlike (according to Tolkien). You might think "all the more reason to use it... shock value" , but I draw the line beforehand.
Tolkien provided pedophiles access to his young son, who grew up to become a pedophile priest himself.
“When I was a boy I was constantly surrounded by my father and colleagues of my father. Almost without exception, his colleagues were academics and, you know, some of them were pretty strange fellows …. Often, people would stay the night at our house …. I often awoke in the morning to find someone sharing my bed. More often than not, it would be … well, I don’t intend to name names, just to say that this particular person who I loved dearly, not in a sexual way, you understand, this person would be fast asleep, huddled up next to me when I woke in the morning. Well, let’s say things had gone on in the night. I knew this. If you wake up with your pyjamas off and they were on when you went to sleep you would wonder, wouldn’t you?”
As a Tolkien fan, I do not approve of this. Just my opinion. It is creating a disparaging connection between something so evil and something so positive and hopeful and Christlike (according to Tolkien). You might think "all the more reason to use it... shock value" , but I draw the line beforehand.
Tolkien provided pedophiles access to his young son, who grew up to become a pedophile priest himself.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/28/jrr-tolkiens-son-claims-sexually-abuse-fathers-friend
This would be tragic indeed and I hope dearly Tolkien handled this as properly as he was able. Doesn't excuse John's behavior.