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<blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 2782038" data-attributes="member: 2238">I do have a very good idea of what I am talking about.You simply are misunderstanding what I am saying.&nbsp; [Edit] That was just a really unclear sentence.&nbsp; I just realised that I missed a 'not' I have gone back and fixed it. In a letter in his later years Tolkein expressed regret at calling the elves elves as it really did not fit what they were and that he should have made the races a difference of culture rather than species.&nbsp; In this letter he was expressing some regret over tieing his mythology to the hobbit.&nbsp; Keep in mind, this was at the end of his life in the seventies after all the fandom crap he had to endure in the sixties.&nbsp; If you asked him about it in the late 50's you probably would have gotten a different answer.&nbsp; My point was this:Mr. Tolkien, in the 50's you wrote them as elves and you were proud of it, please don't let a bunch of hippies that misinterpret what your story is about and a bunch of critics that call your mythology silly because it has elves in it change your mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jester47, post: 2782038, member: 2238"] I do have a very good idea of what I am talking about. You simply are misunderstanding what I am saying. [Edit] That was just a really unclear sentence. I just realised that I missed a 'not' I have gone back and fixed it. In a letter in his later years Tolkein expressed regret at calling the elves elves as it really did not fit what they were and that he should have made the races a difference of culture rather than species. In this letter he was expressing some regret over tieing his mythology to the hobbit. Keep in mind, this was at the end of his life in the seventies after all the fandom crap he had to endure in the sixties. If you asked him about it in the late 50's you probably would have gotten a different answer. My point was this: Mr. Tolkien, in the 50's you wrote them as elves and you were proud of it, please don't let a bunch of hippies that misinterpret what your story is about and a bunch of critics that call your mythology silly because it has elves in it change your mind. [/QUOTE]

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