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Lyta_Underhill · 10-10-2003, 09:22 PM

Interesting choice of Maeglin, Finwë! I couldn't help but feel for Maeglin in his difficult position and mourn for the waste of such promise. He seems to have been doomed from the outset by his relationship to Eol the Dark Elf and the built in mistrust/secrecy surrounding the hidden kingdom of Gondolin. I can't say whether I would blame it more on his nature or his situation. He does seem to exhibit a lot of characteristics similar to Eol's when pressed to it. It seems the minions of Morgoth pressed the right buttons with Maeglin, just as Morgoth had been able to press Fëanor's buttons.

Honestly, I probably would have wanted to be Nerdanel, wife of Fëanor, for her unique perspective, although I imagine there would be little she could do to change Fëanor's headlong rush to meet his fate. For that, I would have to have been Fëanor himself. I have not read the HoME series, so I do not know if this is covered there, but I wonder what revelations and realizations Fëanor must have had time to have sitting in Mandos' halls for so long...

Oh yes, I, too, am curious as to why Hans Markus Rod wishes to be Turin Turambar! I know it is 20/20 hindsight, but I think I'd go after Finduilas, myself, were I Turin. But that is too much to ask him to know, unless by some flash of insight... perhaps, if I had been Glaurung, I could have accidentally burned myself up and saved Turin and his kin a whole lot of trouble! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Cheers,
Lyta

10-10-2003, 09:22 PM	#37
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	Interesting choice of Maeglin, Finwë! I couldn't help but feel for Maeglin in his difficult position and mourn for the waste of such promise. He seems to have been doomed from the outset by his relationship to Eol the Dark Elf and the built in mistrust/secrecy surrounding the hidden kingdom of Gondolin. I can't say whether I would blame it more on his nature or his situation. He does seem to exhibit a lot of characteristics similar to Eol's when pressed to it. It seems the minions of Morgoth pressed the right buttons with Maeglin, just as Morgoth had been able to press Fëanor's buttons. Honestly, I probably would have wanted to be Nerdanel, wife of Fëanor, for her unique perspective, although I imagine there would be little she could do to change Fëanor's headlong rush to meet his fate. For that, I would have to have been Fëanor himself. I have not read the HoME series, so I do not know if this is covered there, but I wonder what revelations and realizations Fëanor must have had time to have sitting in Mandos' halls for so long... Oh yes, I, too, am curious as to why Hans Markus Rod wishes to be Turin Turambar! I know it is 20/20 hindsight, but I think I'd go after Finduilas, myself, were I Turin. But that is too much to ask him to know, unless by some flash of insight... perhaps, if I had been Glaurung, I could have accidentally burned myself up and saved Turin and his kin a whole lot of trouble! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Cheers, Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”