no, NA is not Valinor. it says somewhere that the Valar made Valinor invisible, to prevent men from getting there.
yes, i agree with the "history became legend, legend became myth, and things that should not have been forgotten were." philosophy. as for elves being around today, they most likely all went to Aman.
as to PU, a fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials(whcih, i just found out 5 seconds ago, is being made into a move by dun dun dun...New Line!), uses this as a main theme. let me see if i can find the quote i want. no i cant. (whre is my HDM trilogy when i need it??)
so it runs along the lines of
"flipping a coin, and until the second it hits the ground, anything is possible. but it can only land one way. when it does hit the ground, instantly another universe springs off, but this time in which the coin landed the OTHER way up"
there, ive gone and made a botch of it. but it would only be for major things, like the outcome of a war, not a coin.
Tolkien stated that we are living in middle earth, but theres some food for thought.
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