Tolkien himself was frequently derided by other authors and literary critics for his "childish" writings about hobbits and goblins and elves and such. This kind

Tolkien himself was frequently derided by other authors and literary critics for his "childish" writings about hobbits and goblins and elves and such. This kind of thing is hardly new, it's just there are more channels to express this. This probably also influenced his decision to just not say anything.