Iarwain your story saddens me (almost to tears) but i do not know how to comfort you, though you do not seem like you want it, it seems as though your vision has clouded, could i suggest picking up you copy and re-realise what you loved about it the first time. It also seems as though you are being pushed away from a great jewel because others also seek after this jewel also. (and yes have jewel fanclubs and conventions ) Do not lose this great legacy that J.R.R. Tolkien gave to be loved by millions because you are turned off by other people's actions. But alas i cannot go in to your mind and flip the tolkien passion switch.<P>and i must say that i enjoy being called a tolkienite though i do not associate with other tolkienites for sheer lack of them.
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