http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Applicability http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Applicability Surely you mean Tolkien said you can interpre

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Applicability http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Applicability Surely you mean Tolkien said you can interpret it as you wish, ie. that there's no canonical/right/word-of-god interpretation (I get so furious when people have that idea). Also see: Death of the Author