{"id":13015,"date":"2025-04-16T18:15:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=13015"},"modified":"2025-06-15T17:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T15:29:29","slug":"disney-and-tolkien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2025\/04\/16\/disney-and-tolkien\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney and Tolkien"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Why Tolkien hated Disney\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"638\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13047\" 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