Elrond looked deep into Legolas' heart and perceived a dwarf-friend there waiting to be released; Galadriel looked deep into Celeborn's heart and ... Ok, I'm joking about the dwarf-hating aspect. However, Celeborn consistently comes across as more narrowminded than any elf since Thranduil. I can't recall a quote from him that doesn't start out short-sighted and ill-tempered. Perhaps you can help me there.
I suppose it was Celeborn's traumatic young-elfhood, but he seems like one whose better nature only comes out in his second thoughts. He is an elf very much rooted to his place and his people, so I can see him never getting over his bitterness about the Balrog reawakened by diligence or greed, depending on one's point of view. I don't think that's particularly wise, however, unless he knew the dwarves had been warned not to delve and ignored the warning. If the dwarves were warned, then I missed that part; I viewed the reawakening of the Balrog as an accident. Therefore I'm not very sympathetic to Celeborn's bitterness about that; but there is the murder of Thingol by dwarves to consider also. (While not entirely unprovoked, it was not sufficiently provoked for such measures.)
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