I find myself, for once [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img], in full agreement with Legolas. That quote surely does sound like the Professor considered Elrond something special.
Finwe, as one of the rebellious Noldor Galadriel automatically falls under the Doom of Mandos and the Ban against Return. Her parting song 'Namarie' makes it quite clear she considers herself, (at that time) doomed to permanent exile.
As for the 'half-breed' issue - ever hear of hybrid vigor? In fact there is some reason to believe that the Half-Elven, (Mortal and Immortal alike) are more powerful than ordinary Elves.
Glorfindel, who is very special being reborn and an emissary of the Valar, cannot heal Frodo but Elrond Half-Elven can. And Gandalf speaks of Aragorn to Frodo as if he is on the same plane as Glorfindel, at least re: power to fight the Nazgul. And let us not forget that Isildur has the power to bind the souls of an entire people to Middle Earth, (contrary to the usual fate of Men) until they've atoned for their oathbreaking.
No the evidence suggests the Half-Elven are very powerful indeed, in some ways more powerful than the 'purebreds' of either kind.
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