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Originally Posted by Lalwendė
"Authoritative" - isn't the clue in the word itself? It includes the Author - no mention of Robert Jordan, Alex Lewis or anyone else.
Author... itative - whatever 'itative' means, but there you go. Authoritative means the Author.
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It is interesting to see that you now hold the author to have ultimate rights over his work, while in previous threads you and davem argued that your own personal interpretations hold water no matter what Tolkien said elsewhere, be it letters, HoME, UT, Silmarillion. If subjective interpretation was the primary criterion you accepted as valid in judging his work, then surely you must accept that everyone can choose to consider relevant whatever ideea, or in the context of this thread, writting. Else, you are using a double standard.