06-20-2004, 02:24 PM | #21 | |||||
The Insufferable
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But the question isn't whether the Valar succeeded in monopolizing all goodness for themselves, it's the fact that they seem to have tried. Let me make a rather dangerous parallell - Light. The Valar were entrusted with all of Arda. When they first entered it, they decided it needed light, and set up the two lamps, which would illuminate the entire world. Melkor foiled that plan, so their next recourse was the two trees - however, this time they only bothered to light the very small portion of the world where they were staying, and (If I remember aright) only the loud insistance of certain parties kept them from completely shutting that light off from the rest of the world. Of course, the third time they got it right, with the Sun and the Moon which gave light to everyone in more or less equal share. I see a rough trend towards the same thing in terms of goodness. Like so: The valar were charged with making the world good. At first, they were out and about, hard at work with the task - the Spring of Arda. When Melkor started to cause trouble, they ran away and hid in Valinor - now almost all of their efforts, all of their work, seems to be concentrated on that one area. So, when the elves awoke their first action was to drag them all to valinor. I do not think this is right. Why did the valar not come out into middle earth and make it as beautiful as they had made Valinor? Is it not their responsibility and the Elves' birthright? Quote:
"Hey! Come deal with these kids of yours!" "Um, yeah... I know we /said/ we'd watch them, but they're getting out of hand, so if you could just step in..." ];-) I see it as a difference in approach between the Valar and Eru. The Valar pussyfooted around and dithered, letting evil get a foothold, because they didn't want to hurt their friends and they didn't fully understand the depth of the evil that had taken them. Eru, on the other hand, knows all. He steps in and takes action because he knows it's nescessary. Quote:
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