Diamond, I understand and agree to your point. Melkor was evil by choice, not by birth; he was the greatest Ainur, and Manwe's brother in the thought of Iluvatar, so nothing wrong with his genes there. His wickedness arose from succombing to his very powerful desire to rule others and be almighty. But if he hadn't sucombed, he'd be the greatest of the Ainur, right up there with Manwe. So there's no reason why the offspring of him and Luthien (herself half Maia) would be inherently evil. He would most probably be very powerful, and maybe a worthy opponent of his father. But from here on it's just speculation.
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