To be fair if you’re ever engaging with, say, Shakespeare it’ll do the opposite - the difference was still operating for him and being alert to it is SUPER illuminating in terms of characterization and character relationship development (there are ABSOLUTELY power plays, shade, passive aggression, overt aggression and entire love stories told in the shift in and out of “thee”), so there’s the upside.

Ditto Tolkien. Especially Tolkien, honestly.