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**lindil** · 01-10-2001, 01:41 AM

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Re: Myths Transformed, , yea or nay

to Saulotus:
I am not agaist using LETTERS,PICTURES ,ADV OF T. BOMBADIL OR P. BAYNES MAP OF ME or any other relatively obscure source to support or even decide the canon issues.However having the support of any source for JRRT's final conception is still very different from having enough of JRRT's words to include it in the Silm. and this is were I wonder [ I say wonder because I have not studied the manifold issues enough to say oneway or another] if the MT ideas would have enough textual support to leave a tale as rich and beautiful as what we have in 77 or even more than vaugely worded hints.

All that momentarily aside , I propose again the strategic compromise of postponing the canon decision by revising : Fall of Gondolin, Of the Sun and Moon and the hiding of Valinor, and one other {maybe beren and luthien or earendil or Of Men or ? }.each IN TWO VERSIONS [ a MT and a rev. 77] [although I think it would Fall of Gondolin would only need one version w/ footnote or 2 to explain the possible differences.

W e could then take the texts send them [or notices] far and wide on the net in order to let anyone who is interested have time to digest it and then summon all interested parties to a Folkmoot, and hash out the major decisions from a forum that is somewhat larger than 4 <img src=smile.gif ALT="

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I further propose that Saulotus be given cheif editorial responsibility for Sun and Moon [or whatever chapters/texts are acceptable ] . If we are as a group willing to go forward w/ a few chapters [ and 1 or 2 in 2 versions] , then I am definitely willing to pitch in on a MT chapter or 2 , even though I [being one of those for whom 77 has been canon for 23 years] am dubious on the MT issue , as never100% ratified by JRRT [ then again alot of things were not <img src=smile.gif ALT="

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what say ye?

lindil

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01-10-2001, 01:41 AM	#11
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,681	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 171</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Myths Transformed, , yea or nay to Saulotus: I am not agaist using LETTERS,PICTURES ,ADV OF T. BOMBADIL OR P. BAYNES MAP OF ME or any other relatively obscure source to support or even decide the canon issues.However having the support of any source for JRRT's final conception is still very different from having enough of JRRT's words to include it in the Silm. and this is were I wonder [ I say wonder because I have not studied the manifold issues enough to say oneway or another] if the MT ideas would have enough textual support to leave a tale as rich and beautiful as what we have in 77 or even more than vaugely worded hints. All that momentarily aside , I propose again the strategic compromise of postponing the canon decision by revising : Fall of Gondolin, Of the Sun and Moon and the hiding of Valinor, and one other {maybe beren and luthien or earendil or Of Men or ? }.each IN TWO VERSIONS [ a MT and a rev. 77] [although I think it would Fall of Gondolin would only need one version w/ footnote or 2 to explain the possible differences. W e could then take the texts send them [or notices] far and wide on the net in order to let anyone who is interested have time to digest it and then summon all interested parties to a Folkmoot, and hash out the major decisions from a forum that is somewhat larger than 4 <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> . I further propose that Saulotus be given cheif editorial responsibility for Sun and Moon [or whatever chapters/texts are acceptable ] . If we are as a group willing to go forward w/ a few chapters [ and 1 or 2 in 2 versions] , then I am definitely willing to pitch in on a MT chapter or 2 , even though I [being one of those for whom 77 has been canon for 23 years] am dubious on the MT issue , as never100% ratified by JRRT [ then again alot of things were not <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> . what say ye? lindil </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.