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Don't forget that the Downs forum is more than discussions of the movies and the books - the RPGs give those who participate opportunity to keep on (sub-)creating new stories in Middle-earth! I can well imagine that interest there will continue for quite a while.
Aside from that, it is possible that Middle-earth will take a back seat in our attention in time; we have lives to live, after all, and there are plenty of people and activities off-line. We've seen it happen in the past few years - some of us go on to other things (there are quite a few creative writers who've left or come infrequently because they're busy writing their own stories), some look in once in awhile, some stay around regularly for a long time.
To paraphrase Aragorn:
There may come a day when we are no longer interested in Tolkien discussions, but this is not the day.
There may come a day when real life keeps us so busy that we have no time for the Downs, but this is not the day.
There may come a day when our computer access is limited so that we are not able to log on, but this is not the day.
Today we post!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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