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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8799517" data-attributes="member: 59082">All they really have is legal authority - that is, who can use the names and concepts of Tolkien, not the authority to decide what "is" Tolkien.  That said......I hear you (oh, and read the first book of that trilogy some 30ish years ago...I remember thinking, "This makes Sword of Shannara seem original"). The only point I'll add is that considering Rings of Power as fan-fiction--or at least, re-affirming in my mind that this is not Tolkien, but the show-runners' depiction of Tolkien--has actually allowed me to better enjoy it on its own merits. Meaning, when I stopped looking it at as JRR Tolkien's Second Age adapted for film, and more as Payne & McKay's Rings of Power, I've been better able to enjoy it for what it is.</blockquote>