The Importance of Christopher Tolkien's Taste for Hobbit Talk

Christopher was his prime audience at that time, aside from C.S. Lewis. And it's clear from Jairar Tolkien's letters, having them as an audience had an impact on what he was writing. So when you say Hobbit talk, you mean like basically pointless by charming and humorous conversations between the Hobbits? Well, you put it very harshly, ostensibly pointless, but there are many points being made in a circumspect way, yes. But it's no guess of mine. It's absolutely true that Christopher Tolkien's taste for Hobbit talk encouraged his father to write an awful lot of Hobbit talk.