User blog:Smaug the Tyrannical/The Little Things...

I was sitting in the Hobbit hole of my dear friend, Bill Oldbuck, when a usual courier's delivery telling me of the latest word and speech from Mevans or members of this great fellowship we call the Wiki, and being on holiday for a weak or two, I was quite blindsided. A good many things have come to me, and, in my opinion, the one that spoke most to me was how people keep asking for new factions, realms, even dimensions like Utumno! I believe that the words of Gandalf are best to use in this matter, how great power does not keep the evil at bay, but small acts.

I agree with this. The way for Mevans (and us) to go is not to go big, but the small things; little details that help build and create the grand story that Tolkien wove those many years ago. I understand some have said that Mevans cannot recreate this feeling, that he falls short of setting the grand adventure and tales the likes of Professor Tolkien's. I could not disagree more. Mevans cannot make sure we have these stories and tales, that is true. But they can exist, the heroes, villains, and players make the adventures. We write our own tales, and Mevans can (and has done thus far) create the best incarnation of Middle-Earth that we can unfold our tales in.

I apologize if I wrote this in a confusing way, or if you can't understand what I wrote, but this is how I feel on the matter. We should not expect things on the grand scale, because that can make them all the greater if they come as a surprise. Now, go out and make your own adventures! Over hill and under tree, to lands where light never shone, by silver streams that run to the sea...