Oh, I didn't! I saw the first "I would love to hear some specifics on Tolkien" comment but never came back to check for further comments after that. Thank you for linking back! I just read through the thread, and all the stuff about Gondorian politics is fascinating. I also love the recurring comments on how Tolkien doesn't even bother explaining all the background stuff that's going on; he just writes the foreground stuff with a full intuitive knowledge of what all that background stuff is, and leaves it to the reader to understand the context or not.

At the same time, that whole thread reinforces my impression that if I ever want to go back to writing/rewriting the Denethor fanfic that I started many years ago but never finished, I should probably go get a degree in history first. >_>