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Originally Posted by Gorthaur the Cruel
What "party" was there or "gain" to be lost if Galadriel pereceived, as you said, all that she created with Nenya to be a hallow echo of the West? It just seems incosistent to me for her to regret creating everything with Nenya in the line of thought that it could never be as good as Valinor.
There was a great deal of "gain" to be lost from the failing of Nenya's powers as far as Galadriel was concerned.
It wasn't just Lorien, her pale imitation of The West, that she was losing; it was her control over the lives of others - her sovereignty.
That's what she craved when she left Valinor. She didn't join Feanor's rebelion. She took no oath. She just tagged along for the ride, determined to seek power for herself in Middle-Earth.
When Galadriel said to Frodo that she would diminish and go into The West, she was setting aside her lust for dominance and at long last learning humility.
As well as losing Lorien, she was losing her power of command. Back in Valinor she would be just another Elf, of a Royal line, maybe, but with no authority.
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