Alan Sisto
speaker
5,555 appearances
12 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Alan Sisto’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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kind of play around with that a little bit.
And what is Tolkien doing here instead of leading with a physical description and then concluding that the other races find them, you know, not conventionally attractive.
This is what leads Tolkien.
not what they look like, but what other people think they look like.
I mean, I'm thinking, what if he'd flipped the script and said, you know, these people had been admitted to the rank of a Tani by the elves, you know, for their deeds.
But here's what they look like, and everybody thought they were unlovely.
Total flip of the order.
Does that change our perception of these people at all?
I think it does, but... I mean, the initial perception, at least.
Certainly nobody ever hears about the handsome orcs, you know?
Why does it hurt so much?
Sorry, I had to.
It's just interesting here.
It does seem to set up a lower bar by starting out with the fact that men and elves think they're unlovely.
So we start at the bottom and then we get the neutral, factual description of their physical appearance.
And then we're told how much their laughter is infectious.
And then we're told that they're admitted to the rank of Atani and that they hate the orcs.
Like, cause that's like the best, right?
If you hate the orcs, you are a good guy, right?
I mean, that just like is the defining characteristic here.
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