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Feanorsdoom · 05-30-2007, 05:35 PM

Hi, I'm the newest thing, but not the youngest.

I loves me some Tolkien, but apparently don't hold him as the unassailable Valar most of you seem to. Maybe I get that from his overly self-critical attitude that comes across in the HoMe. If he didn't think he was the Greatest Writer in the World, I certainly can't.

That said, what's with all the millions of pages of LotR slashfic online? OMGWTF (as the kiddies say)? Somebody throw some Silmarillions at those kids and quiet them down. Sheesh!

Also, pretty neat that I see an attempt to rebuild the Silmarillion itself. It's about time, and I'm not sure that we can count upon Adam Tolkien or other family members to take up the flag so recently laid down by CT. What I'd like to see, however, is someone with the courage and ingenuity to write new Quenta outside of the First-through-Third Ages. I'm bored with amateur rehashes of stories JRRT himself rewrote ad nauseum. Let's see the Silmarils found and the Last Battle fought (and see the True West finally sundered from this world forever)!

05-30-2007, 05:35 PM	#2880
Feanorsdoom Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 27	Hi, I'm the newest thing, but not the youngest. I loves me some Tolkien, but apparently don't hold him as the unassailable Valar most of you seem to. Maybe I get that from his overly self-critical attitude that comes across in the HoMe. If he didn't think he was the Greatest Writer in the World, I certainly can't. That said, what's with all the millions of pages of LotR slashfic online? OMGWTF (as the kiddies say)? Somebody throw some Silmarillions at those kids and quiet them down. Sheesh! Also, pretty neat that I see an attempt to rebuild the Silmarillion itself. It's about time, and I'm not sure that we can count upon Adam Tolkien or other family members to take up the flag so recently laid down by CT. What I'd like to see, however, is someone with the courage and ingenuity to write new Quenta outside of the First-through-Third Ages. I'm bored with amateur rehashes of stories JRRT himself rewrote ad nauseum. Let's see the Silmarils found and the Last Battle fought (and see the True West finally sundered from this world forever)!