It might! Although they may end up effectively in a fandom of their own, as many Hobbit film writers seem to be. I hope not, it would be nice to feel like there is a "Tolkien fandom" again, as there seemed to be on lotrfanfiction.com. (Is that rose-coloured glasses on my part!?)

This is partly why I liked Innumerable Stars so much; there was a really nice mix of fic and art across the LOTR, Silm, and movie sub-fandoms.