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Originally Posted by Ibrīnišilpathānezel
That He didn't would, at least to me, seem to be an indication that Eru expected something like this to happen. Why He would be angered by something an omnipotent/omniscient being would have foreseen is, perhaps, an interpretation of the Elvish historians, who could not have imagined any other reaction. Just a possibility.
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Or was Eru just a poor parent? Or did It want for Melkor to continue? I know that if one ignores tantrums in children, they (the tantrums, not the children) tend to go away. Some children want a reaction - any reaction, even a negative one - from a parent just so the child can feel noticed by the parent.
Melkor had self-esteem issues..."Look at me! Aren't I great! Eru gave me all of my siblings' powers and abilities, and I still feel inadequate...I need more creatures to tell me that I'm really great and wonderful."
As I've said previously, Melkor just needed a hug.
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But if one considers Melkor himself as the personification of Evil, then perhaps it was necessary for him to personally enter Ea, in order to bring evil with him. If free choice itself presents the possibility of evil as a choice of all creatures who have that freedom, then perhaps it was not necessary for him to have come; evil likely would have happened sooner or later, without him. But since the one thing Melkor desired but could not have was the power of Creation on a par with Eru's, then the next best thing for him would be entering the world of Eru's creation to either subjugate it to his will or to destroy it utterly. What he sang in the Ainulindale was an attempt to make it his own, and to have that become reality, he had to enter Ea to see it done. IMHO, of course.
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I think that he had to enter as that's where all of the action was. He brought his poor attitude with him, and attacked his siblings' works as yet another attempt of attracting attention. "Stop me, please, Eru!" Maybe he was trying to recapture those moments when he'd felt so special, having all of the Music change then stop just because of him.
Kids...
