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@gabriellepollack I’m just jumping on here without reading anyone else’s answers, so…

I am not a huge fan of the Shire conflict just because I didn’t want it there, but I do appreciate for one reason. Because we need to remember that just because the main bad guy’s defeated doesn’t mean life is perfect now. I wrote a poem once called The End about how just because conflict is resolved doesn’t mean that we can all go back to our lovely lives.

‘The’ and ‘end’ are funny words

With the power they hold in our minds

They make us believe the fairy tales

And the story-telling’s are done

 

Do you ever think about what comes

In the blank pages after ‘The End’?

Lives don’t stop for two small words

They carry on and on

 

The hero brave, his sweetheart true

What happens after they marry?

The many families of soldiers dead

Their grief and sorrow must carry

 

The villain’s men, their master gone

Their purpose now is unclear

And those who fought must learn to live

While conquering lingering fear

 

These people have so much to do

Their word to keep, and homes rebuild

The broken hearts will start to heal

The empty lives be filled

 

And I believe that this is why

The extra paper remains

So it reminds us life goes on

In spite of the final page

 

So we’ll remember ‘The’ and ‘end’

Don’t mean the battle’s won

And just because the story’s over

Doesn’t mean the story’s done