It's been so long since I used a journaling platform that I've entirely forgotten the etiquette, so I'm just going to say hello, thank you for friending me back, and your presentation is fantastic! Wonderfully in-depth analysis of Tolkien fandom and the idea of critical vs creative response - particularly interesting to hear the bits about the crossover between Tolkien academia and Tolkien fandom. I'm sat right in the middle, working on my Masters with Tolkien as my focus, writing Tolkien fanfic since I was tiny, so it was really fascinating. It seems to be one of the areas/fandoms that there actually is a fair degree of crossover; I was beyond surprised when my diss advisor had a sort of 'other minds and hands' wink-wink-nudge-nudge response to my wish for more in depth stories alongside what was provided by The Silmarillion.

I've rambled, I'm sorry, but I just wanted to say that basically this was a great paper and I'm thoroughly jealous of Mythmoot attendance and the opportunity to meet Professor Olsen