… you should consider the work in its totality and ask whether in the context of the work, this specific thing is inconsistent with the worldbuilding. I can understand Scalzi’s point, but I disagree with his argument that one shouldn’t complain about the physics of Middle Earth lava just because one has accepted the existence of fantastical Middle Earth creatures. In a film with spiders of physically impossible size, talking trees, ugly warriors birthed out of mud and a disembodied malevolence causing a ring to corrupt the mind of anyone who wears it (and also turn them invisible), we’re going to complain that the lava is not viscous enough? On a discussion of the article on some other site, author John Scalzi wrote: You’d need to be a Terminator to sink into molten rock/metal … Guess what? Sinking into lava just will not happen if you’re a human (or remotely human). Gollum, if you remember, dove into the lava of Mount Doom after his precious ring was thrown in - he proceeds to sink into the lava (see below) and leaves the ring floating on the lava until it melts away. Wired had this interesting article which states:
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