Incanus or Outcanus… canon who? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mark12_30 · 09-12-2022, 01:02 PM

Some chap on FB posted that RoP is canon because it is approved by the Tolkien estate…

I responded “ Hmmm, I’ll have to disagree with you there. The Estate doesn’t produce canon.
In my opinion JRR Tolkien and Christopher do and that’s it (all comments about “head-canon” aside).
Some Loremasters even exclude Christopher and consider JRRT as the only Canon source. I don’t know any Loremasters that give the Tolkien Estate that authority.“
Discuss/calibrate me…? Am I flying too high-and-close to Arien with waxy wings?
I think once the BD had a working definition of canon, what was it? Or did we have competing definitions?

09-12-2022, 01:02 PM	#1
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Incanus or Outcanus… canon who? Some chap on FB posted that RoP is canon because it is approved by the Tolkien estate… I responded “ Hmmm, I’ll have to disagree with you there. The Estate doesn’t produce canon. In my opinion JRR Tolkien and Christopher do and that’s it (all comments about “head-canon” aside). Some Loremasters even exclude Christopher and consider JRRT as the only Canon source. I don’t know any Loremasters that give the Tolkien Estate that authority.“ Discuss/calibrate me…? Am I flying too high-and-close to Arien with waxy wings? I think once the BD had a working definition of canon, what was it? Or did we have competing definitions? __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.