I am suggesting, Imladris, that a 'pure' or 'original' reading of Tolkien is no longer possible (if it ever was). Readers must work through the ideas they have in their head about Middle earth, elves, dwarves, etc--ideas now largely generated by the movies and marketing--in order to try to understand Tolkien's text. Strong readers will do this. Less experienced readers will not. And many will never bother to deal with Tolkien's text but will remain within a movie/cultural static perspective.
I didn't mean to imply that you run a poor game, not by any means. I simply wished to clarify a point about what we expect of games here--a point which others might not understand as clearly as you do now.
