Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26149161-20170221225823/@comment-31907131-20170224023542

I know I said I was done, but is 'quite a few parallels' any sort of proof that Mordor was inspired by industrilization?

Two things being similar does not mean that one was inspired by the other, or that there was any connection at all.

Also, all the factory/ mills/ farming etc were in the books usually connected to Isengard, not Mordor (the Shire, under the control of Saruman, and Isengard itself). Slag heaps by themselves do not necessarily suggest factories and mills. You can't say 'Oh, Isengard and Mordor had this, so Mordor should be like...' when most of your evidence is from Isengard, not Mordor.

And as I said in my first comment, your original premise has problems.

" It has recently come to my attention what exactly Tolkien based Mordor on. And I agree with him. It is literal hell on earth. The Black Country of the Midlands, the most industrialized part of England, and the most polluted. Seeing as Mordor is based off this, I decided to write about Mordor's industrial might."

It has come to your attention? You mean this is your theory, with no definitive evidence or proof. What he based Mordor on? You mean there was no other influence at all? Or just that most of Mordor came pretty much straight from England, in your opinion? That's what it sounds like. Suggestions are still supposed to be lore-based, and this does not seem like it is.