I don't think that Eru would be cruel enough to leave the Eldar floating about in space, in a figurative sense. He would probably allow them, and the Edain, to reunite in the Timeless Halls, where they would probably spend all of eternity singing, dancing, and generally making merry. The rather cruel alternative that you mentioned seems, well, too cruel for the Elves. But then again, I just might be biased. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
As for the creatures allowed in Aman, Elves were the only beings with fëar allowed in there. Men generally weren't (with, of course, a few famous exceptions). There were plenty of birds and beasts in Aman, probably because both the Ainur and the Eldar loved them so much. Could you imagine Oromë and Yavanna living without birds, beasts, and plants?
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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