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Nick:	Beren IV (Registered User)
Date/Time:	Thu, 9/30/2004 at 19:53 EDT
Browser/OS:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.0 using Windows 95
In Reply To:	Sil-Ch 14. Q8� Pillow Talk <Arquen> [9/30/2004 @ 19:35] (6/12)
Subject:	It's not that Thingol isn't concerned about the sons...
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Portent alert. Does the foretelling that the power of the Eldar will not recover the Sils spook Thingol? Why does she choose to remind him about Finw� just now? Well, one of the Silmarils gets loose via the deeds of a Sinda. The chink in Morgoth's armor then lets the Valar do what needs to be done :) -- Generally speaking, Thingol has tragic flaws, but I'm not sure that this is the dominant one. It's not that Thingol is unconcerned about the sons of F�anor - it is that he already dislikes them, and is glad to have them fighting his enemy even if he is worried about them against him. I don't think that it is necessarily even a tragic flaw. Consider: Melkor is in much the same position, having two sets of enemies, F�anor's sons being among them. However, Melkor I am sure is laughing as the sons of F�anor in their blind rage attack and destroy Melkor's other (more dangerous) enemies! Melkor is defeated too, of course, but not by this flaw. He is defeated because he underestimates the power of love, first in Beren and L�thien and then E�rendil and Elwig!

Message Thread:

Sil-Ch 14. Q8� Pillow Talk <Arquen> [9/30/2004 @ 19:35] (6/12)

Galadriel's reticence Part 1 <dna> [10/1/2004 @ 19:24] (0/0)
Hmmm I don't have much to say, but.. <Lady Scaper> [10/1/2004 @ 17:18] (1/3)

Thingol asked Beren to go get one <erather> [10/1/2004 @ 19:28] (2/2)

but once he'd asked he was stuck on having it. <Penthe> [10/1/2004 @ 23:25] (0/0)
In BoLT, that was in jest... (No Text) <Beren IV> [10/1/2004 @ 20:51] (0/0)

Why can't Melian speak more plainly? <Curious> [10/1/2004 @ 6:32] (1/2)

Transcendental Ideas <Bythedar> [10/1/2004 @ 8:52] (1/1)

nice and accurate prophecies <Penthe> [10/1/2004 @ 23:30] (0/0)

This sends shivers down my spine <Kimi> [9/30/2004 @ 20:37] (1/1)

foreshadowing indeed <Penthe> [10/1/2004 @ 5:08] (0/0)

The foe of my foe is my friend? <erather> [9/30/2004 @ 20:26] (0/0)
It's not that Thingol isn't concerned about the sons... <Beren IV> [9/30/2004 @ 19:53] (0/0)

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