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See also [[Harmony Versus Discipline]], this trope being Harmony. |
See also [[Harmony Versus Discipline]], this trope being Harmony. |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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* Definitely the Wolfriders and Sun Folk in ''[[Elf Quest]]'', but brutally subverted by the Gliders, who've cut themselves off from nature. As for the Go-Backs, they're too busy fighting the trolls to care one way or another. |
* Definitely the Wolfriders and Sun Folk in ''[[Elf Quest]]'', but brutally subverted by the Gliders, who've cut themselves off from nature. As for the Go-Backs, they're too busy fighting the trolls to care one way or another. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''. Partly by virtue of the quasi-medieval setting, many of the societies and individuals included are depicted In Harmony with Nature in one way or another: |
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Partly by virtue of the quasi-medieval setting, many of the societies and individuals included are depicted In Harmony with Nature in one way or another: |
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** The hobbits, especially Sam, in that farmerly-wisdom, son-of-the-soil sort of way. |
** The hobbits, especially Sam, in that farmerly-wisdom, son-of-the-soil sort of way. |
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** The elves in the spiritual "The trees are talking to me" way. |
** The elves in the spiritual "The trees are talking to me" way. |
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*** After Tolkien's depiction of elves as this in ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'', pretty much [[Our Elves Are Better|all elves]] [[Follow the Leader|in any fantasy work]] [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|ever]] are like this. |
*** After Tolkien's depiction of elves as this in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', pretty much [[Our Elves Are Better|all elves]] [[Follow the Leader|in any fantasy work]] [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|ever]] are like this. |
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** Aragorn in the "I can tell you the entire life story of who walked through that hedge and bent that twig" way. |
** Aragorn in the "I can tell you the entire life story of who walked through that hedge and bent that twig" way. |
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* The elves in ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' are even more In Harmony with Nature than even Tolkien's elves, to the point that they are a bunch of pompous [[Veganopia|vegans]] who use magic to bend nature to their will. |
* The elves in ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' are even more In Harmony with Nature than even Tolkien's elves, to the point that they are a bunch of pompous [[Veganopia|vegans]] who use magic to bend nature to their will. |