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Originally Posted by Bêthberry
If the elves are praised for their love of creating beauty (ignoring the tra-la-la-lally ones for now), why are the goblins also being shown as creating something that has aesthetic merit or beauty? Or does the subject matter absolve that issue, so it is merely "a horrible song" as the narrator claims?
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I don't think the song has any beauty, only cleverness. The latter can be applied equally to good or evil purpose.