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 This opinion piece exists to put down my thoughts on the pursuit of the Neo-Elvish languages – mainly Quenya and Sindarin.\\
 I'm writing this because there are perspectives on Neo-Elvish that conflict and lead to what I'd call “stupid hate”.
+I may improve this article over time, gradually.
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 The arguments in favor are based around the desire to speak these languages. The arguments against are that they'd go against Tolkien's vision.
-Carl F. Hostetter goes a step further and believes that Tolkien wouldn't like people's attempts to finish his languages for him. That's something I'm not sure about, as it seems a serious leap in logic.((:fn:>I also think it's a leap to suggest Tolkien didn't want to speak his own languages, which is something that Mr. Hostetter seems to sincerely believe. I don't know Tolkien as much, but I found it doubtful.))
+Carl F. Hostetter goes a step further and believes that Tolkien wouldn't like people's attempts to finish his languages for him. That's something I'm not sure about, as it seems a serious leap in logic.((:fn:>I also think it's a leap to suggest Tolkien didn't want to speak his own languages, which is something that Mr. Hostetter seems to sincerely believe. I don't know Tolkien as much, but I found it doubtful. Hostetter's argument seems to be based around the fact Tolkien constantly changed the languages. But this //also// applies to Tolkien's stories. So, does that mean that Tolkien had no inclination to finish //The Silmarillion// either? I think that Occam's Razor suggests that Tolkien //did// have the intent to speak Quenya/Sindarin and never did because he just didn't finish the languages due to his own perfectionism – just like //The Silmarillion//.))
 Moving on, I think that the conflict here is kinda dumb, because it should be obvious to onlookers that Tolkien's motivations for making the languages and the Neo-Elvish effort are two different things. Though I'm not sure I can articulate exactly what I mean right now.\\
 I //think// that I'm trying to get across that it's okay that fans and Tolkien aren't exactly aligned in their goals: one doesn't de-legitimize the other. In fact, I don't see how Neo-Elvish (if handled properly as I believe Eldamo is for example) would be disrespectful towards Tolkien.
+===== Stupid Hate =====
+I mentioned this in the opening of the article, so I'll elaborate what I mean. The people who are against Neo-Elvish tend to come off as if they just hate the enterprise completely. And it seems stupid to me because there's no actual conflict.
+Though this could also be Academia's tendency to want to treat everything like a museum artifact, reacting with hostility to any attempt at making it lived-in.