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Originally Posted by R.R.J Tolkien
I think you are putting to much weight on a unpublished note.
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Well, the Silmarillion is unpublished to my mind, but anyway, the last section of my last post basically says that
if you (or anyone) were pushing the idea that we must accept 3 or 7, I would probably be arguing the other side.
I'd put at least some weight on the ambiguous nature of this matter, and I'm not used to limiting my blatherings to the constructed Silmarillion.
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You would think he would have revised his sillmarillion on this big change as one of his first chances if he was going to go though with it.
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Why? Tolkien didn't know this thread was someday going to exist
Due to CJRT there's no mention of "hosts/thousands" of Balrogs in the 1977 constructed Silmarillion anyway. If I recall correctly, we have the anglicized plural Balrogs in places, and that the Balrogs were destroyed in the War of Wrath, save "some few" that fled (a description written before the 3 or 7 note).
Gothmog -- slain by Ecthelion
Glorfindel's Bane -- slain by we-know-who
Four Mighty Raugs -- slain in the War of Wrath
Durin's Bane -- slain by Mithrandir
I'm also not sure if Tolkien was going to keep his "save some few" that survived -- I think letter 144 can arguably be read two ways regarding this, but admittedly "save some few" messes with my seven little Balrogath list here, in any case.
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and yes your annoying, but i like it
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LOL!