Morthoron spoke: [
but then suddenly become jaded on the subject or, rather, the foundational aspects of the material.]
Suddenly? Nope.
Nor am I new here. Well, I haven't posted for about 10-12 years here or thereabouts, so I guess that does make me
new or a
newcomer in a manner of speaking.
The people who knew me best back then; HerenIstarion, Mithadan, Tar-Elenion, Lindil and a few others are most likely no longer here and I have not checked on their status as of yet. They knew
The Silmarillion had burned me out
back then, and one of the reasons I left.
Not to toot any horns really--
especially in this very ironic sense considering my now long-standing views--but it was using HOME and other texts in creating a cohesive
Silmarillion for
myself and mentioning in a discussion thread regarding the
Lord of the Rings Epilogue the merging of texts that I had done that led to the idea of the
Translation from the Elvish project here as a cooperative venture based on
The Silmarillion merging I had already done. The idea of doing it again--in committee no less... no way.
In retrospect, I wish I had never done it. But what is done is done.
Since then, my gag-reflex towards those materials, including
UT, and everything else not strictly
Lord of the Rings or
The Hobbit has taken
irreversible hold. Inversely, my appreciation for those two books has increased.
In "tailoring to me", I do that
myself on those texts, removing and altering as much of the offending material as I wish.
As for attacks against me from others...
knock yourselves out.
I have attacked no poster. I have summarized my views in appropriate threads and paraphrased some letters and posted on fairly recent topics in others as digging up new threads months old serves little purpose. I have done some criticism of Mr Tolkien and his work. That seems to upset some people--in some cases deeply. Oh well.