Right there with you about fanon often being so much better than canon in some fandoms. Stargate in particular, most especially Stargate Atlantis. Yeesh. :-p
"...was put off by the extreme hype surrounding it."
Exactlly! That was why I didn't read Tolkien until the late '70's. Everyone was pushing me to read them from the late '60's on and I loathed all of the hype, so I only picked up the Hobbit because it was on sale at my college's book store. I'm glad I did, because I've been a devoted Tolkien fan since.
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Date: 2020-06-11 06:50 pm (UTC)"...was put off by the extreme hype surrounding it."
Exactlly! That was why I didn't read Tolkien until the late '70's. Everyone was pushing me to read them from the late '60's on and I loathed all of the hype, so I only picked up the Hobbit because it was on sale at my college's book store. I'm glad I did, because I've been a devoted Tolkien fan since.