Tolkien based Laketown on archaeological founds - apparently, settlements built on wooden pillars in the middle of the water did exist once. And he did his research without the internet and all the resources people have today. PJ should have followed suit.
As someone said on the Axe&Bow list, the whole gold statue thing was utterly ridiculous, but gilded!Smaug looked very pretty. *g*
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Date: 2014-01-04 04:03 pm (UTC)As someone said on the Axe&Bow list, the whole gold statue thing was utterly ridiculous, but gilded!Smaug looked very pretty. *g*