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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
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But that's not the only reason I want to bring it up. In a way it suggests that the evil of ME, and possibly of our world as well, lies in lies. ( ![]() Morgoth used lie after lie, sham after sham, to get the Noldor to revolt and during their war. His underlings did exactly the same. But lies were used in "good" context as well in the legendarium (although generally not): -Frodo lies to Gollum to try and save him near Heneth Annun. -Bilbo tricks the Dwarves and gives the Arkenstone to Thranduil -Isildur saves the fruit of the Tree in disguise -Amandil sails West against the king's laws -Maedhros' attempt to trick Morgoth into giving back the Silmarils (which resulted in him being captured) -The idea of bluff in the Battle of Cormallen -and others. Although in most of these those lying are uncomfortable with it, or they do it because they have no other choice, or it is a choice between a lie and something much worse. Yet deceit is used against "evil". Is this the case of everything serving Eru's purpose in the end? It doesn't really seem so, since most of the lying is still done by the opposite side. What is it then? Quote:
It makes perfect sense for the story that Earendil is literally halfelven. But that is a bit strange in the broader picture, since he is the only one of the Peredhil to be exactly half-half. Tolkien never seemed to me as one who paid much attention to being politically-correct. Earendil must really be a special case with the symbolic representation of the Two Kindreds.
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