http://jaredmithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/2015/05/tolkien-would-have-wanted-his-works-to.htmlI don't know where to find the quote now, but I'm pretty sure he had said he wanted in time other writers and artists to add to his mythology. He knew full well no great mythology is formed entirely from the mind of only one person. And I include in that
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Tolkien was opposed to Allegory, there is no no denying however the books where somewhat a product of their times.
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There is, I think, a difference between approving and accepting.
I think (and this is just my opinion) that he would know that encouraging "other minds and hands" to play in his world would mean that he would not approve of at least some of what was produced. But he would, I think, accept most of it as inevitable. Some of what is written in terms of fanfic he would find deplorable or even disgusting, some he would be amused by, and some he might even like a little. But he would also know that this is the fate and nature of myth, to grow, change, evolve and find different meanings.
Judging by his reactions to some of his translators, and to his one encounter with a possible screenplay during his lifetime, I think he would be more insulted by mistakes in his languages and names or by egregious and ridiculous changes (such as a "castle" in Lothlorien!) than by any moral or immoral content.
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It seems that according to the "Line of Elros" she reigned until 1731, while it's stated in two other places (one of which is the timeline of Arnor in the LOTR Appendices) that in 1700 Tar-Minastir sent troops to help Gil-galad. Tar-Telperien being isolationist is certainly an interpretation that helps to make sense of this otherwise unexplained discrepancy in dates, but is it stated anywhere explicitly that she was? Unless the argument is that she was simply isolationist along with the other rulers between Tar-Aldarion and Tar-Minastir.
Anyway, she is certainly an interesting character well worth thinking about.
The story about Nellas and Nienor that you mention sounds like Elleth's By the Iris Mere.
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That could be it, I think it was posted on Live Journal, I read it back before I had an account of my own.
Edit: that doesn't look like that's it, maybe a different chapter of the same series.
Edit, it's Wreath in the Rapids that I read
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But I don't object to the interpretation of Telperien as isolationist.
If you've read Wreath in the Rapids, but not By the Iris Mere, I can recommend the sequel. Well worth reading!
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I love Meta Fiction
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