Did the Valar make a huge mistake?

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Re: Re: Did the Valar make a huge mistake?

In my opinnion, summoning the elves was the best decision that the Valar could have made. True, the summons caused 'many woes', as Tolkien says, but the outcome could hardly have been any better had the Valar done otherwise. Had the elves been left to their own devices in Middle Earth they would have had a lot of trouble with the evil creatures - and Sauron - that were still lurking about there.

Furthermore, had the elves never come to Valinor and looked upon the greatest of the Ainur and the makers of Arda, the glory and the knowledge of the Children of Iluvatar would have been diminished.

As to casting Melkor into the void at the first hint of evil, apart from the obvious fact that some of the Valar though Melkor could be reformed, what makes you think that the Valar would have been able to do this. Melkor was the greatest of the Ainur in the beginning, until he spent his strength in hatred. Also, although an Arda free from evil is all well and good, it's not the sort of place you really want to read about, is it?


-Voronwë
"voyaging the Dark behind the world, a glimmering and fugitive star."</p>