She had such a way with words

You can tell she was 14 when she wrote it but that's part of the fun

It didn't really cross my mind, but there's definitely lots that could be said about it.
I realized while scripting out the video that a full survey of the most notable works would end up being way longer than I wanted, so I had to just keep to a handful of examples

True. I probably ought to read the Corpus Hermeticum to learn how to live virtuously

Though it's worth noting he didn't read it until 1964, after writing LOTR.
I have seen speculation that the Nameless Things might've been inspired by proto-Lovecraftian writers like Algernon Blackwood and William Hope Hodgson, or that they were based on Níðhöggr from Norse mythology

The big difference between Thedas and Faerûn is that Ed Greenwood would tell you that for free

I know he's given at least one recent interview where he downplays it—around the 17:00 point, he says he doesn't like LOTR but that it's just a matter of personal preference appendixnbookclub.com/2019/12/02/a...

(the actual book is only about 20% as homoerotic as the back cover blurb)