Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27388204-20170226010735/@comment-26149161-20170226041715

LysurusPeriphragmoides789 wrote:

But in all honesty, and meaning no offence, I can't help but suspect (and please correct me if I am wrong) that Ithilion's almost constant remarks on my textures being sub-standard or whatnot being are connected with his admission to being jealous of the fact that my textures get added instead of his.

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My good sir, you misunderstand me. When I say I am "salty" or "jealous", I am simply making a joke. Sure, I wish that my textures were added. But that certainly does not make me any more predisposed to attack your textures. I am not such an emotion-bound heathen as that.

I criticize each texture, irrespective of its creator, as something to follow in the will of Tolkien. If I find it does not do so, I make a recommendation to change. I quite honestly despise how everyone assumes that the canon armor must look awful in comparison to the movie. It. Isn't. Awful. Look at my own texture pack. Do you see hidrous Norman-style barbarians? No, you do not. Canon does not come at the expense of aesthetics, but some aesthetics come at the expense of canon.

We are making a mod for the works of Tolkien, therefore we should follow his works. Simple logic. There is room for creative liberties, movie basis and such--the helmet crests, the many details, certain motifs, I am not against it--but when he describes an armor himself, we should follow that closely and prioritize it, above all. That is my belief, and I will follow it, friendless and unsupported if it be.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 04:17, February 26, 2017 (UTC)