There are none so erudite & informed as those who haunt the downs.
(It was actually on the BBC's movie board).
I think the problem for those who come to Tolkien through the movies is that they can, especially with the Elves, idealise them, see them as perfect beings, there to be admired, which I don't think Tolkien ever intended. I think he was creating a race of artists, & analysing, among other things, how art affects & drives us.
There's so much to be explored about the Elves nature, & what Tolkien was trying to say. What pleases me at the moment is that, in certain places, we're starting to do that.
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