Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25604636-20151019154404/@comment-26295802-20160705142353

Sinthorion wrote: High Prince Imrahil wrote: Sinthorion wrote: Most of the ME lore is very unspecific or hard to believe. It's not written like a modern story but like an ancient tale, where the tale always exaggerates the truth. Do you really believe a spear couldn't penetrate Smaug's wings? Was it even ever tried? How could Bard's arrow get deep enough to hit the heart and instantly kill Smaug? Imagine a needle thrown at the chest of a human killing him on the spot.

Choosing to dismiss Tolkien's canon starts a whole new issue altogether. Now you're changing the debate from "Numenor vs. Valyria" to "Sinth's personal view of Numenor vs. Valyria" My personal view? No, I'm just calling everyone to be rational. Nobody in their right mind takes the Bible literally either. Or any of the old stories. It's all artistic expression that aren't meant to be 100% true. They do however contain a true core. Tbh we shouldn't be discussing these things so strictly at all because that's not how ME is meant.

Then you are changing the parameters of the debate. To dismiss Tolkien's canon as "unrealistic" utterly changes the outcome.