My Own Personal Canon Law a la Tolkien:
If it's got JRR Tolkien's name on it as being the author, and if I enjoy it, it's canon. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Sure, it might make for a pleasant afternoon with a cup of tea under a nice shade tree in the summer to wonder once in a while how much Christopher had a hand in things. And musing about various ambiguities or inconsistencies can be good for broadening one's horizons in appreciation for a myriad of imaginative alternative scenarios and possibilities ... but as for outright settling such matters, I'd rather just allow Tolkien the leeway to which poetic licence entitles him.
Just my leisurely two pieces of mithril,
Gandalf the Grey
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