Not to be a bug, but I think the LOTR Trilogy in general *is* rife with patriarchal/patrilineal undertones. There are, it seems to me, a panoply of father-son narratives, an abundance of benevolent father figures (Ian McKellan is the good father par excellence), and of manhood initiation stories to boot. Not to mention the fact that the Trilogy is steeped -- and how -- in Christian ideology and its concomitant 'in the name of the father' stories. Perhaps a good reason to nix the fantasy discussion, though, is that it is, after all, an entirely different genre than the rigorously critical SF.
Just some thoughts.
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