#brought to you by the way i yell 'the elves didn't have the geneva convention!' any time i see someone use the phrase 'war criminal'

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It's fascinating how people in the silmarillion fandom will point out that modern property law might not be the most accurate measure of how divinely influence objects ought to be distributed/held/owned in this narrative

but then they will turn right around and start using modern concepts of international law/laws of war to call people war criminals.

Amazing.

I'm not saying that those who committed acts of violence were in the right. I want to be very clear about that. But if we're gonna say modern legal concepts shouldn't be applied to the narrative, let's at least be consistent about it.