Yeah, that's about the way of things. That's why the future -- at least until the world changes -- belongs to Men, and not Elves. The past belongs to the Eldar. Once Men appeared, time began to slowly and inexorably tick down for them. The Rings of Power were an example of this. The Elven-Rings preserved time as it was, and the land of Galadriel became an unchanging 'time-capsule' the endured through ages. In the end, however, it too was swept away to the West in the face of the advancement of Men.
Shot down?? Well I don't know where you went, but obviously it was a much lower-grade and poorer-quality place than the Downs is. What you say is a nice little summary and distillation of what is indeed true about the differences between the Firstborn and Secondborn.
[ July 07, 2003: Message edited by: Gwaihir the Windlord ]
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