What do you assign to Mordor?

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Surely the Scouring of the Shire is a Hugs 'n' Learning epsisode - the culmination of the younger Hobbits' "arc of development"?

Well, I'm not going to assign anything to Mordor this post but I do want to ask Sauce something.

Why have you used the expression "Hugs 'n' Learning episode" for the Scouring of the Shire? How do you think it is--our favourite word here on the Downs--'applicable'?