Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26149161-20170221225823/@comment-31370220-20170224213857

To resolve this very complicated argument I suggest we take Tolkien's latest statement on the topic, whichever that may be. Personally, I find this to be the only logical course of action- we can draw infinate parallels between Victorian industry and the wastelands of Mordor, only to have them countered by the arguments already given above. In the interests of keeping everything cannon, let us take the author's word. Nevertheless, I find that Ithilien has had a good idea, which would help develop Mordor as such and the general feel of Sauron's wasteland. I must add that I am no great "scholar" of the lore and have rather limited insight into such debates- do not look ro me for decisive arguments in support or opposition of this suggestion's "correctness".