I'm still not on board with cutting out large portions of the Houses of Men because we'll find plot holes down the line. For example:
If Amlach is a contemporary of Bëor, is he going to be 100 years old+ by the time of the Council and the Fake Amlach incident? If Bregolas is adapted out, who's the father of Baragund and Belegund?
I've suggested mentioning them, but the Professor doesn't even want to do that.
There's a whole trope dedicated to this sort of thing occuring in adaptations.
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