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blantyr · 10-25-2012, 05:36 PM

To be entirely canon one would have to be entirely consistent. Tolkien's body of work is too large to be strictly canon, and consistency really wasn't a prime consideration anyway.

But then, I read for fun, don't claim to be academic, and don't claim to care that much about consistency. If I had a voice, I'd have wanted an editor who cared more about telling a good story than consistency or academic strictness.

But we've got what we've got.

10-25-2012, 05:36 PM	#4
blantyr Wight Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Settling down in Bree for the winter. Posts: 208	Canon? To be entirely canon one would have to be entirely consistent. Tolkien's body of work is too large to be strictly canon, and consistency really wasn't a prime consideration anyway. But then, I read for fun, don't claim to be academic, and don't claim to care that much about consistency. If I had a voice, I'd have wanted an editor who cared more about telling a good story than consistency or academic strictness. But we've got what we've got.