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This is, to me, what accounts for the kind of frustration which Imladris has identified here.
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*nods vigorously*
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This is why, for me, the question of whether the eucatastrophe 'exists' in the text or in the reader is a fruitless dichotomy. It exists where the reader brings his or her mind to bear on the story, in that eighteen inches or so between the book and our eyes. And then in our memories.
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I have never thought of it that way...
Thank you, Bb, for posting that post. I had never considered that the Sil had morphed from mythology to theology...