Well, I suppose all good things must come to an end - but I think you're right. We've taken this as far as we can. I'm glad we've ended it on amicable terms, even if without agreement
I suppose we (or at least I) have started to circle back around old ideas - possibly my fault - I tend to just post what comes to me as I write, without reviewing earlier things I've said - on the principal so wisely expressed by Proverbs 26:11
I think there may be an interesting debate to be had about the value of Tolkien's later writings, & their place in the Legendarium.
Like Gandalf & Bombadil, we have had our long talk - I won't suggest which of us is which ! But unlike them, I hope it won't be our last on this side of the Sea.