Lord of the Rings

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Does the dog die?
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No dogs die.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is there BDSM?
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Yes, in chapter 5.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Are there razors?
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Abandonment
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Lomion
Outside of the Mines of Moria, Bill the Pony is left behind. However, Bill is later reunited with Sam.
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Celebrimbor
Quite a lot, both attempting and succeeding.
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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MisterBadGuy
Parents in the books are almost universally described as good: the sole exception is Denethor, who is rather cold in his treatment of his adult son Faramir, but it is not framed in an abusive fashion so much as a willingness to use Faramir as a gamepiece in the war.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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A character claims there to be a rumor that the main character's parents killed each other, but this is almost certainly made up. Another character spreads a rumor that the main character murdered an eldery caretaker but we know for a fact this is false.
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Lomion
Denethor.
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Is someone stalked?
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Anonymous
Gollum follows Frodo for hundreds of miles before being confronted, and Gríma is hinted to have been following Éowyn around.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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EverettHuband
The Ring Itself is an addiction, as proved by gollum.
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hobbitishgay
Characters drink multiple times, but there is no mention of alcoholism or addiction
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No, but the addiction to the One Ring may be reminiscent of a drug addiction
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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StaleOrchid
In Bree, the Hobbits aquire a pony who is said to have been mistreated by its previous owner
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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MisterBadGuy
Early in their journey, the Fellowship is attacked by a large pack of wolves and kills many of them. Gollum eats a number of fish over the course of the story, and kills some rabbits. A number of creatures resembling giant elephants are killed in battle by the protagonists.
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a horse die?
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MisterBadGuy
King Theoden's horse, Snowmane, dies at Pelennor, with his death being framed as a tragedy due to the fact that he also crushes his rider while falling. About a paragraph is dedicated to him being laid to rest.
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Is an animal sad?
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StaleOrchid
Bill, the pony, is said to have been clearly miserable before the Hobbits take him wity them
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Crow75
Rabbits are killed and eaten once.
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Does a dragon die?
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TelevisionMarie19
Large flying monsters called Fellbeasts are killed, but they are more birdlike than dragonlike.
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Are there bugs?
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hobbitishgay
Giant spider in book 4 chapter 9
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Are there snakes?
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Lomion
There are metal snakes on Aragorn's ring, the Ring of Barahir.
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Are there sharks?
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Celebrimbor
There is a character called Sharkey, but his name has nothing to do with sharks.
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Are there spiders?
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hobbitishgay
Book 4 chapter 9
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Assault
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Celebrimbor
A main character has a stalker and it is heavily implied that they intends to sa them. Some other characters are stripped or groped in a creepy and intimate way that may bring up imagery of sa and are threatened with being "played" with and called by terms of endearment (though this is likely threats of other kinds of torture). One of the characters finds it too disturbing to recount later.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Celebrimbor
It is implied that a character's stalker intends to sa them but that's the only mention.
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Is someone drugged?
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MisterBadGuy
A number of characters are held captive over the story: most notably, two characters spending an extended period of Chapter 3 of Two Towers with their hands bound.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Celebrimbor
C25
Happens in Book 3 chapter 3.
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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Celebrimbor
Gollum might have body horror elements.
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hobbitishgay
Book 6 chapter 3
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baharv89
No beheadings described but in Book 5 Chapter 4 "The Siege of Gondor" heads of fallen soldiers are catapulted into a city under siege and it's pretty gruesome
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Celebrimbor
By suicide in book 5 chapter 7.
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there cannibalism?
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hobbitishgay
Possibly implied in book 6 chapter 8
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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C53
There are vague mentions of crushed body parts and a main character is crushed nearly to death in Book 5 Chapter 10 (RoTK). Another main character does die from being crushed in Book 5 Chapter 6.
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Anonymous
The Hobbits are briefly taken into a tomb by a barrow-wight before being rescued by Tom Bombadil.
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Is there amputation?
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hobbitishgay
A finger is lost, no limbs are lost
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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MisterBadGuy
A character has their arm broken by a swing from a mace in The Battle of Pelennor Fields.
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MisterBadGuy
A main character's finger is bitten off. The main antagonist's finger is mentioned to have been cut off in the backstory.
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Is someone choked?
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MisterBadGuy
A major character attempts to strangle multiple other characters over the course of the story.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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LimeadeIsLife
There is one example in Fellowship of the Ring where the character later comes back to life, as the other commenter mentioned. But there is another example in Return of the King where the character really does die.
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epicenby
this happens to frodo like once or more a book it keeps happening
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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MisterBadGuy
A number of characters are killed this way. Gimli in particular has it often noted that his axe "hews orc-necks."
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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MisterBadGuy
There is an offhand mention of babies disappearing from cribs, but nothing is shown.
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Does a major character die?
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Does someone die?
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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MisterBadGuy
The main character's parents are noted to have died some years prior to the books. Two supporting characters lose their uncle, whom they consider a surrogate father, and his own son dies offscreen. Another character loses his father and elder brother. A minor character noted to be a distant relative of the main character dies of natural causes. All deaths are framed tragically.
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Celebrimbor
From the end of book 2 (Fellowship of the Ring) to chapter 3 of book 3 (Two Towers not RoTK), and in books 4 and 6.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Is someone possessed?
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baharv89
A major theme is the corrupting influence of power and evil, particularly in relation to Sauron and/or the One Ring. Everyone who has the Ring for a long time eventually becomes possessed by it, though some are better at resisting this than others.
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Are there clowns?
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Celebrimbor
No, but there is a bath scene.
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Are there ghosts?
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baharv89
There is a whole legion of ghosts in Book 5 Chapter 2 "The Passage of the Grey Company"
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Are there mannequins?
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MisterBadGuy
A Journey in the Dark features a dark and unusually still lake, with a monstrous creature resembling an octopus hiding beneath the surface.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Is there defecation?
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Does someone spit?
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Celebrimbor
Many times, especially in The Two Towers.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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MisterBadGuy
The books take place before the existence of modern law enforcement. The closest thing is an organization called the Shiriffs, who are co-opted into the foot soldiers of a street gang in "The Scouring of the Shire"; they are framed as ineffectual buffoons.
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Celebrimbor
Some main characters are arrested at the end of RoTK but they aren't really confined.
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Paula_S
I mean there's no trans characters, it's based on a book from the 50s.

Loads of people have multiple names and are referred to by various ones at different points, but I don't think that is what you mean.
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
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Celebrimbor
Well, that is what the book is about.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Celebrimbor
A suicidal character is not permitted to leave a hospital while actively suicidal but its not a mental institute.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Anonymous
The chapter "The Houses of Healing" in Return of the King has several major characters near death in a hospital following a major battle.
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Is there menstruation?
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Mental Health
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hobbitishgay
Book 5 chapter 7
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Celebrimbor
A character dies by suicide, another character is suicidal and tries to get themself killed (but not at their own hand), and another character briefly contemplates suicide but decides against it.
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is there misophonia?
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MisterBadGuy
Gollum is depicted as severely maddened by his experiences and the Ring's corruption, and is a murderer.
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Celebrimbor
Not in those words but a character explains multiple times that they are going to kill themself in Return of the King and another thinks about killing themself in the Two Towers.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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MisterBadGuy
It can be somewhat questioned whether Gollum represents a person with DID, but he is depicted as a character with two personalities, one of which is cowardly and simpering, the other treacherous and murderous.
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baharv89
Book 4 Chapter 9 "Shelob's Lair" is fairly claustrophobic
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Celebrimbor
Yes, especially in the prologue and appendices.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there fat jokes?
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MisterBadGuy
The hobbits, who are described as well-fed, often make jokes about either their own weight or each other's, which is usually framed in a playful manner. A few minor characters, though treated positively, are largely defined by being fat, including a hobbit named Fatty Bolger and a commander named Forlong the Fat.
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baharv89
No misgendering. One character disguises herself as a man so she can go fight in battle.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there hate speech?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there aphobia?
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Crow75
On the contrary. Many many characters can be interepeted as aro and/or ace. Obviously, not explicitly called or described like that, but from the context (like the utter lack of romantic partners or interest in such).
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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MisterBadGuy
There are a few relationships that feature some kind of age gap - for instance, a 26-year-old woman bearing a crush on an 87-year-old man who marries a 2000-year-old woman - but it is not treated as such, as the characters have hugely varying lifespans and nearly all of those romantically involved appear similar in age.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Celebrimbor
Not unless you count third cousins, or first cousins 70 times removed.
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Is there sexual content?
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MisterBadGuy
There are a number of scenes featuring male nudity, with the most notable appearing in "Fog on the Barrow-Downs", "The White Rider", and "The Tower of Cirith Ungol." In no instance is it framed as sexual.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Sexism
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MisterBadGuy
Though many characters cry or weep, it is never framed as negative.
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Sickness
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Celebrimbor
Yes, Bilbo has a worsening memory throughout the book.
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Celebrimbor
One of the main characters experiences chronic pain.
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
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Anonymous
Bittersweet. Sauron is defeated, but the world will never be the same and several major characters ultimately leave Middle-Earth forever.
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Celebrimbor
There's additional information about the story and world in the appendices but this is a book.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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EverettHuband
There are huge bloody battles with crazy high casualties.
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Does someone drown?
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Anonymous
Frodo's mom and dad are explicitly mentioned to have died in a boating accident.
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Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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