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Originally Posted by Flame of Anor
I am in no way saying that Morgoth created Orcs on his own, i just think that he thought them up, like Yavanna, and then Eru brought them to life, but Morgoth being the arrogant punk he is just thought he had done it himself. And Eru made orcs not to be cruel but for the reason Boromir88 states:
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This is probably the quote you spoke of:
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'Yet it was in the Song', said Yavanna. 'For while thou wert in the heavens and with Ulmo built the clouds and poured out the rains, I lifted up the branches of great trees to receive them, and some sang to Ilúvatar amid the wind and the rain.
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It seems clear to me the case of the Orcs is entirely different. They were
made, not created, by Morgoth in an act of supreme blashphemy that
The Silmarillion leaves little doubt was abominable to Ilúvatar.
The Ents were indeed part of the Music as recounted by Yavanna. But she received permission, as did Aulë for a different reason, to bring her own idea into the theme. Melkor received no such grace, and was in fact rebuked by the One for his insubordination. His alteration of the Music had no good intentions to redeem it. An evil deed, though it may do good not intended by the perpetrator, remains evil.