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Originally Posted by davem
Tolkien spent 60 years doing something, & he must have had a reason for devoting such time & energy to it. He wasn't just using 'sources', he was using them for something.
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How about he was bored and thought he could write a better yarn out of it all. Or how about he just couldn't let go of words, which told him things that he hadn't seen explored before about them.
btw, I really don't think one can generalise about how "we" aren't as moved by Surtr at Bifrost as by Gandalf at Moria. But I guess I'm just old fashioned enough to think that one person using the Royal We is enough.
