J. R. R. Tolkien vs. C. S. Lewis

[zaidlacksalastname]

Lewis: I love and respect you, my friend, so I based a wise and poweful character on you.
Tolkein: you're a tree in my book

[joebykaeby]

Tolkien supported Lewis’ works pretty heavily despite the fact that he didn’t personally enjoy them so much. I think that’s a bigger act of support than if he’s loved them.

[lolli_popples]

C. S. Lewis: And then Santa shows up
Tolkien: You’re lucky I like you or I would never speak to you again.

[santiago]

The man goes on record saying how much he hates allegories, and you hand him a 200+ page allegory. Come on.

[be]

I believe CS Lewis added the lamp post into Narnia just to make JRR Tolkien mad. Tolkien I believe said something about how a lamp post shouldn't be in a fantasy world.
I grew up with the Lion Witch and the Wardrobe. And on The hobbit and Lord of The Rings. I loved both, just for different reasons.

[mattgodwin]

When asked about their friendship, lewes famously said 'my training has warned me to never trust papists or philologists- and Tolkien is both'.

[alieverse]

Tolkien: you can’t have a street lamp in a fictional world!!
Lewis: hold my beer, here’s one

[alexc]

"Not more f*cking elves!" - also CS Lewis

[pipedevnull]

There was the time that Lewis and Tolkien decided to write two books. Lewis to write a science fiction, Tolkien to write a time travel book. Lewis wrote Out of the Silent Planet and Tolkien didn't write the time travel book.

[keithreinsel]

Fun Fact: The only reason "The Hobbit" ever made it to the publisher was because Lewis burgled Tolkien.

He tricked Tolkien into going to London to meet him for a show, then proceeded to break into Tolkien's home, steal the manuscript, and send it off to the publisher for print.

He was that fed up with Tolkien making revision after revision and bringing it to every Inkling meeting instead of something fresh. Lewis knew Tolkien would be editing it until the end of the world if he could.

Their friendship is wild.

[Hearts_Fire]

But Tolkien did leave the Narnia books on his shelves for his grandchildren!

[ramblingrenegade]

Oh my god a POV meme that actually does the character's point of view. I'm in shock

[pintpullinggeek]

When they're your best friend but you aren't their best friend.

[ElFrogge]

"Yo dude your book is so good, read mine!"
"You didn't even make up its own scientific system"

[MisterJackTheAttack]

Tolkien almost ended their friendship over Lewis' inclusion of Santa.

[wile]

When youre giga nerd friend is insulting you because you're only a mega nerd

[Marticus]

My favorite thing about Tolkien is that he invented the word “dwarves” as the plural for dwarf instead of “dwarfs” and was very adamant about his word being correct

[alexvineyard]

Someone should make a sitcom about Tolkien and Lewis as bachelors sharing a flat

[emilyb]

I am in the process of reading a biography on C.S. Lewis. So this is hilarious to me.

[RoNiobium]

Remember when Tolkien threatened to end their bromance if Lewis put Father Christmas in "The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe" and Lewis did it anyways because bros?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
What bros