Lord Melkor Rightful Master of the Fates of Arda

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by The Might

Bravery...and looked what happened to him
But you're right, without his rebellion there wouldn't have been a story at all, or only a really boring one about Elves and Men living in bliss in Aman under the light of the trees...or of the lamps, whatever....

Yeah! Sure, it would be fine and dandy to live in that kind of utopia (well, at least we presume so - but would it?), but it would be the most boring thing imaginable to read a book about it - it might last a few chapters and then you'd just toss the book aside wondering when something was going to happen.

Tolkien himself got disheartened when he tried to write The New Shadow, set after Aragorn's reign. He tossed it aside in the end, realising that he just couldn't recreate the dramatic tension there had been in the stories set before it. What are the petty dealings of Men in comparison to the evils wrought by Dark Lords and whatnot?!