I now pronounce you Dwarf & Hobbit...oops!

[Rikae]

Originally Posted by davem

I suppose its a question of whether you're motivated by a desire to understand & explore the author's creation, or whether you're motivated by a desire to remake the author's creation 'in your own image'....

Hmm...
my image? Certainly not mine, I'm quite heterosexual.
Perhaps trying to understand art through the prism of reality, and vice versa...
after all, if there were no reality, there would be no fiction either.