3 Rings under the sky.... and wait... 3 deathly hallows??

Okay, before I overwhelm you with my crazy ideas, and collected narratives about how the highly acclaimed "Harry Potter" series 'coincidentally' resembled another work of fantasy (which, by the way is called... wait... what was it called.... something about Rings and some dark Lord, I believe), I shall take a deep breath....

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There... now where do I start??

Lets start with the seventh book, shall we, just to make life easier for the two of us (believe me, you don't want me ranting away into the night)...

Apart from the fact that Dementors resemble the Nazgul, and Dumbledore was a "face-lifted-spinoff" of Gandalf the Grey, there exist numerous "connections", if you wish, that seem to indicate that a lot of characters are based upon (remember, I'm not suggesting plagiarism, just an indication or a motive) certain characters invented by J.R.R.Tolkein...

Firstly, let's begin with the plot. Somehow, it surprises me how so many of these fictional stories revolve around the return to power of a Dark Lord, about how evil is threatening to overcome good, how hope seems to be on the verge of getting relinquished, how, almost always, the one character responsible for restoring order always ends up being weak, fragile and mentally incapable of handling pressure. I mean, just take a look at our "heroes" here- on the one hand, we have Harry, weak, burdened by his past, and of the fact that he was the "chosen one", and on the other hand, we have Frodo Baggins, who, going by definition was physically restricted, he was a hobbit, you know...

Then, we have the story itself. This is where the fatherly characters step in... Dumbledore on one side, and Gandalf the Grey on the other- remember it's the grey version, and not the white one, for he seldom sported a long beard and a pointy hat... Both fatherly characters seemed to have a predefined task of rallying the forces of good to face the mounting threat of evil, whether it was students in Hogwarts, or the brave soldiers of Gondor. They also seemed to be the ones responsible for guiding our "heores" through their apparently mountainous quest...

Then we go on to the dark god - Lord Voldemort, and our good friend Sauron. Voldy wanted to become all-powerful, all-conquering, and so did Sauron. In fact, both were so desperate, that they couldn't swallow the fact that one day they could in fact be defeated... so what do our villians do? Well, what you and I might have done in their place- they split their soul, well not exactly, they kind of bind their soul to a physical object so it's really impossible to destroy them fully even if their bodies are destroyed.

And what do they do when they do fall in the end? They use the 'spared' part of the soul to come back to power, and the whole story is just about the quest to 'completely' destroy the dark lord... mate, that's a little obvious, isn't it??

Well, yes, the list could just go on... I could describe stuff ranging from the story outline, right upto small details like the ring on Dumbledore's finger (actually a horcrux), which resembles the ring Gandalf wore on his hand! Yes, Gandalf did wear the ring of fire, didn't he? That was one of the three elven rings- the red stone...

Of course, the fact that the number 3 figures so obviously in both fantasies could be mere coincidence... The three hallows might not really have a lot to do with the three elven rings, you know, but just look a little under the hood, I'm sure it beats mere coincidence flat in the face...