Writing for the Tolkien fandom includes spending over an hour researching the proper job title and duties of a character who only appears in one sentence.
EDIT: Please feel free to reblog and share in the tags what other topics you've spent way too much time researching for that one sentence
#it's fine#writing problems#lotr fic#hobbit fic#silm fic#rop fic#tolkien fandom#tolkien fic#personal post#if you're wondering why many tolkien writers take so long to update#here's your answer#actually this applies to any historical writing#which i also do occasionally#*stares off into the distance*