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Why are the Harfoots portrayed as so PRIMITIVE?

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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They wear rags and they have leaves and branches in their hair!

The Hobbits were NEVER like that, so why are the Harfoots being made to look so RIDICULOUS?

[–] CrabgrassWilly (1616) 2 years ago

I'm guessing it's because the hobbits had 5000 years for their society to advance from that. If you look at ancient Sumeria or Egypt from about 5000 years ago, they are pretty primitive compared to our society now.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Somehow, I doubt ancient Egyptians wore leaves and branches in their hair. They would be as we see them in the hieroglyphics on their monuments, for one thing - fairly advanced-looking for the time.

[–] papamihel (1579) 2 years ago

Most people of Middle-Earth were primitives in the 2nd Age.
Men were hardly more than savages until the Nimenoreans tutored them. Or Sauron.

[–] kukuxu (5409) 2 years ago

This is not being primitive
https://media.gq-magazine.co.uk/photos/6310dda6ee141ccaf819509d/16:9/w_2560%2Cc_limit/RPAZ_S1_210602_ROTBEN_00101_R3_thumb.jpeg

Savages didn't wear a flowerpot in the head. They were primitive, not stupid.

And those clothes don't look primitive. They look like modern clothes found in a dumpster. Primitive clothes had a much simpler cut.

[–] papamihel (1579) 2 years ago

I'd say it's a fair point but, unfortunately, people responsible for design in the show never even thought about consistency.
Elves wearing late medieval full plate armor, for example. Whatever for? There is no need for that.

[–] randir14 (253) 2 years ago

There's no good reason. Saying "they're primitive" doesn't work, since they're advanced enough to make carts, clothes and other objects, star charts, a written language, etc.

[–] Satan2016 (23487) 2 years ago

It was their hippy phase. Takes a long time to grow up.

[–] kukuxu (5409) 2 years ago

For what we know, they didn't grow much more.

[–] Kimmie (353) 2 years ago

Because "racism"

It is an attempt to diversif the Hobbits and create new fashions probably based on American indians rather than source mateial
American Indians are often portrayed in This ridiculous manner

[–] mitzibishi (1617) 2 years ago

Obviously, the writers dislike the Irish.