This has been one of the most interesting threads on the Barrow-Downs. Although I think we've exhausted the topic of the fantsy genre in general, it's pleasing to see intelligent discourse on a plethora of related mediums. I particularly enjoyed the aesthetics discussion, congratulations Aiwendil and Kalessin. Although I think you both restrict the idea of art into a confine in which it does not belong, I see merit in both your standpoints and I think you have done the site a service by outlining those ideals here.
One final point.
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LOTR is art, fraught with the sadness of something lost that can never be regained, whereas most of the fantasy genre is entertainment.
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I loved that.