[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Are you asking if Tolkien intended this? Or are you asking if the work itself can suggest this?

I am asking whether Tolien intended this. As readers, we are entitled to draw our own conclusions ...

There are elements of the perilous realm within Tolkien's writings - Old Man Willow and the Barrow Wight, for example - but overall it is sanitised. In particular, its "rulers" (Tom Bombadil, Alf the Prentice and Galadriel) are largely devoid of the tricksy, mischievous and sometimes immoral characteristics generally found in traditional Faerie beings.

It does if you don't consider truth to be objective.

Precisely.