CuriousG
Half-elven
Sep 16 2013, 12:09am
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There are more mistakes than Orcs in that book, and there are thousands of Orcs. I think Eru is the only one who didn't make a mistake. The Valar made plenty. And it seems that by people making mistakes, fate is usually fulfilled, as if that's what it's expecting people to do. I think one of the most heroic moments in the book is when Fingolfin rides off for single combat with Morgoth, and that was due to his mistaken conclusion that all was lost. All of the hidden kingdoms were doomed by mistakes. Every Noldorin prince made mistakes, I think, but I'm not sure about Fingon and Finrod. Or Cirdan. Otherwise, I'm having trouble thinking of characters that didn't make mistakes. Maybe Idril & Tuor, Beren & Luthien, Earendil & Elwing? It seems those happy couples, who also were hybrid races, didn't make any mistakes. OK, E&E mistakenly concluded that their sons were killed in the kinslaying at the Sirion haven, so they sailed west instead of sailing home, and neatly fulfilled fate again. But I can't think of what the other couples did wrong.
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