What connection between Goldberry and Ulmo?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

And is there a problem with extreme points of view?

Not at all!!! As long as we know they are extreme (wow, I believe I just summed up very nicely a large part of my overall worldview).

Originally Posted by Ibrîniðilpathânezel

Much better, I think, to endlessly speculate, and agree that there is no one answer, because the only source who could have provided one is no longer with us, and did not leave that desired answer behind.

I would say it this way: I think the most important thing is the dialogue (said Socrates ), it is not about convincing others that your view is the only right one, but the outcome of debating the stuff and not just dropping it is that we may learn something (and besides that, also that we communicate with each other). It may be that something will be answered (like that someone comes and says "oh, I found that in Letter 1201 Tolkien indeed states that Balrogs don't have wings at all, only no one has noticed that this far"), and something not, but we are going to gain something by discussing it instead of simply dropping it away as unanswerable at the very beginning.

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Not at all!!! As long as we know they are extreme (wow, I believe I just summed up very nicely a large part of my overall worldview).

And in this case of said comments about Goldberry and her consort, what makes them extreme?

Originally Posted by Ibin

Much better, I think, to endlessly speculate, and agree that there is no one answer, because the only source who could have provided one is no longer with us, and did not leave that desired answer behind.

Yes, I guess somewhere Tolkien left us a rainbow, eh?

Oh, and, just to avoid any off-topic skwerls, I think Ulmo is waay too serious for the likes of Goldberry and Tom.