I only replied to let you know that I (at least) have (now) followed your discussion. (And I wish I had done so earlier.)
As I see thinks, you are very near to an agreement and should go on to reach it. But whenever you have done so, you have to put your principles in an other, shorter, and sticky thread or nearly nobody will read them ;-).
And I think they should be read (and reread from time to time). My one approach to Tolkiens work (whish is, as I was told by one how is know as great Tolkien scholar, without him knowing it, is simple and dull ;-)) does not agree fully to all principles, but they are the essential ground for the project and I wonder how long you had worked without a fixed set of such "rules".
Respectfully
Findegil
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