Perhaps it was out of character for a woman to long to leave the confines of the lovely prison of Gondolin, but wasn't it even more out of character for the entire male population of the city to be perfectly content to stay home and be good? I mean, how did the fellows pass the time there, anyway: knitting and starting book clubs? Pu-leeze! That's a bit of a stretch, even for the Elf Folk.
If poor Aredhel is to be "blamed" for anything, it's for giving birth to a little snit of a son who got so bent out of shape because he couldn't have the woman he wanted, he decided to betray an entire city to get even. And don't go handing me that "Oh, but he was tortured" line. He sang like a canary because he wanted to get back at Tuor and Idril.
I mean, they should have known it was coming just by looking at that Elf-kid's father. The acorn never falls far from the tree.
[ August 16, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]
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