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But that defies the entire point! He's not going to keep Lothlorien beautiful to taunt the Elves that they can never have it back, he's going to burn it to the ground so that they *can never* have it back, and out of complete spite.

He didn't take the lands of the Entwives and keep them to taunt the Ents, he annihilated them. He didn't keep Ithilien beautiful to tease Gondor. He ravages them, lays them waste, and permenantly defiles them so that they will never be good again.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)