The Vanyar fought not becaues the valar told them too I think [ we are certainly never told they were commanded] but because they trusted the Valar's judgement in the matter. The Noldor of the rebellion did 'something about it' it is true, but it was against all wise counsel and literally doomed.Not boring surely, but pretty stupid.
Sure for many folks the Vanyar seem boring. Especially to those in the fire of youth.
But I ask all who make such assertions this. In the extendde DVD of the FotR, did the departing Noldor appear 'realistic' to you?
And if so do they more truly seem like the fiery Noldor of the Rebellion crossing frozen wastes with an almost suicidal determination, or were they more like the Vanyar meditaiting and singing upon the heights of Taniquetil. Did they seem bored or boring?
Was the glimpse of Frodo's of the singing of 'songs of valinor' as he withdrew with Bilbo anything less than heart-wrenching?
Peace is serious and hard work. It is not the fruit of inertia but a fruit of the battle of with self [ which the Noldorin exiles by and large lost] and also of a marriage of humilty with grace.
[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ]
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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