Some people forget a so-called cliché is just a pairing or trope that a lot of people love and each writer has new words to add to that pool.
As for right and wrong, you said it perfectly --- one of the things I love about Tolkien is he wrote just the way we do: write it, change it, retcon it, give the guy a beard, no, no beard, let X be Y's son, no, brother, no, they never met..... I wrote a fic based around Nirnaeth Arnoediad and one of my author notes reads: Nowhere does it say Gildor is Finwë’s grandson. Then again, nowhere does it say Gildor is NOT Finwë’s grandson. His family and social connections are a blank slate. I wrote on it. We had fun. I think that sums up my whole approach to right/wrong in Silm fic :D
(I'm just sorry I got here so late thanks to family drama, I'm enjoying the discussion so much!)
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As for right and wrong, you said it perfectly --- one of the things I love about Tolkien is he wrote just the way we do: write it, change it, retcon it, give the guy a beard, no, no beard, let X be Y's son, no, brother, no, they never met..... I wrote a fic based around Nirnaeth Arnoediad and one of my author notes reads: Nowhere does it say Gildor is Finwë’s grandson. Then again, nowhere does it say Gildor is NOT Finwë’s grandson. His family and social connections are a blank slate. I wrote on it. We had fun. I think that sums up my whole approach to right/wrong in Silm fic :D
(I'm just sorry I got here so late thanks to family drama, I'm enjoying the discussion so much!)