The Rings of Power: on the river in Tolkien's Second Age of Middle Earth

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Except, again you guys are taking 'something changed between then and now' as 'they were 'uplifted/civilized' by some external force' and saying that's a problem...but we don't have any idea that that actually is going to happen. This story so far is literally, one Harfoot's rebellions against their traditions, entirely on her own (or with one friend to help her, maybe with her family aligned now). That says internal reform and changed circumstances are far more likely than 'elves came in and teach them how to be good citizens.'