Eä wrote:
Owh, and about the Tolkien Scholar rank. I think it was debated whether it was confusing with an award called A-U's Official Tolkien Scholar and a rank title with a similar name. Perhaps it could be solved by changing the Tolkien Scholar rank to Ainu... it would fit with the other rank titles, since, well, Ainu is still a being within Middle-earth whereas a Tolkien Scholar, in my opinion, is one of those brainy people spending years away from sunlight in a dusty library, writing their long thesis on the grammatical structure of later Quenya...
I know a Vala is technically an Ainu, but I just like the name and I've always seen the Ainur to be above the Valar.
I just re-read my post and realize how it could be misunderstood
I had no intention of open up an old discussion that was ended long ago. I don't know much of how the Tolkien Scholar award was won, but it was through a trivia with all kinds of questions about Middle-earth, right? I think it's a cool prize and whomever wins it (Meldawen this year!), will absolutely deserve it. Because that person actually
is a Tolkien Scholar on this forum!
So my apologies for any confusion.
