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the phantom · 12-10-2002, 04:11 PM

Beren couldn't take the crown because it was too big and heavy. Morgoth, as big as he was, was said to have born the crown with much weariness.

About the power thing, I think a built in safety device like evil having a weakening effect would make sense, but I'm not sure how much it was manifest in Morgoth. When he was contesting the Valar alone, throwing down their mountains and such, he was really powerful and hadn't really lost much yet, and was at this point already turned to evil. I think the majority of his power drain was because of him investing the power and will of his spirit in other things, such as servants and fortresses. I think Saruman did this a lot also. Evil tends to try to spread itself around, which causes the person who's using their power and spreading it to become weaker (you may have a big heap of butter, but if you try to spread it over a piece of bread three miles wide, you won't even be able to tell that there's any butter there). Best analogy I could come up with.

So, I guess that the nature of an evil person works against them, causing their own downfall. Yeah, I suppose that is kinda a safety device.

12-10-2002, 04:11 PM	#3
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	Beren couldn't take the crown because it was too big and heavy. Morgoth, as big as he was, was said to have born the crown with much weariness. About the power thing, I think a built in safety device like evil having a weakening effect would make sense, but I'm not sure how much it was manifest in Morgoth. When he was contesting the Valar alone, throwing down their mountains and such, he was really powerful and hadn't really lost much yet, and was at this point already turned to evil. I think the majority of his power drain was because of him investing the power and will of his spirit in other things, such as servants and fortresses. I think Saruman did this a lot also. Evil tends to try to spread itself around, which causes the person who's using their power and spreading it to become weaker (you may have a big heap of butter, but if you try to spread it over a piece of bread three miles wide, you won't even be able to tell that there's any butter there). Best analogy I could come up with. So, I guess that the nature of an evil person works against them, causing their own downfall. Yeah, I suppose that is kinda a safety device. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.