[Cúdae]

Just a thought here- If we were to say that Galadriel was among the most change-phobic of the Elves, then could there be a reason for that? A reason why Elves, particularly older ones, would want things not to change? Galadriel witnessed a huge amount of change, most noticeably the change that seemed to follow Feanor around where ever he went. Poor guy.
But back on topic... Could this be a reason (I'm not saying the reason) that Lothlorien collectively was far more resistant to change than the two other major elvish kingdoms of the time? Lothlorien had Galadriel behind it, with her ring, holding off change. In Imladris, the Elves didn't seem to be particularly fond of change (as already stated), but they dealt with it. They even tried to do what they could to make sure things changed for the best. Elrond seemed to use the power of his ring to try to aid what changes were happening, to try to tweak them, forsee them, etc. In Mirkwood, things changed and to be sure the Elves there weren't very fond of evil creatures suddenly (or not so suddenly) invading their forest, but they dealt with it. Could these two attitudes of "dealing with the change" be attributed to who was ruling over each? Elrond was not born in Aman, did not witness the changes Feanor brought there firsthand. Nor did Thranduil, or to my knowledge Oropher. So possibly they were less afraid of change?

Those were just some thoughts I wanted to toss out there...