[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks for posting the whole thing... It helps a little to understand what Tolkien was saying in his answer, but what was the question?...

I have trouble with your basic premise that Elrond cares only for Rivendell, and nothing for the others... and this line of argument is not answering that! The Ring is the only victory that matters... and that one was in his living room.

[Overtaxed]

I was talking about the attitude of the movie-Elrond. I get that premise from when he was talking/agruing with Gandalf. All he talked about was how Rivendell was in danger (it was, but then so were other places.) Oh yeah! And he mentioned that Men were weak, scattered, leaderless....like they weren't worth trying to save.

[Tuor]

I have trouble with your basic premise that Elrond cares only for Rivendell, and nothing for the others...

I do, too, since Elrond took Aragorn into his home and raised him as if he were his own son. And as Elrond kept many of the heirlooms from the kingdom of Arnor, too. He gave all the aid he could for the Quest and was a firm and constant support to the Rangers and the remenant of the Dunedain in the North.

Tuor