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Mithalwen · 03-19-2014, 08:46 PM

Thanks. I do find the vitriol Christopher attracts baffling and I wouldn't have blamed him had he drawn stumps years ago and devoted his retirement to watercolours or rose breeding or whatever hobbies he may have rather than making yet more work available. The cashing in accusation is really quite ludicrous. Had he wanted to cash in it would have been infintessimally easier to sign a few licensing agreements rather than spend forty years with boxfuls of chaotic manuscripts - not to mention more lucrative.

03-19-2014, 08:46 PM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Thanks. I do find the vitriol Christopher attracts baffling and I wouldn't have blamed him had he drawn stumps years ago and devoted his retirement to watercolours or rose breeding or whatever hobbies he may have rather than making yet more work available. The cashing in accusation is really quite ludicrous. Had he wanted to cash in it would have been infintessimally easier to sign a few licensing agreements rather than spend forty years with boxfuls of chaotic manuscripts - not to mention more lucrative. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 05-31-2014 at 04:38 PM.