Ugh. You people have twisted my words. I was saying that it might've been foolish for Melian to establish a kingdom if she did not cast a spell or had some power with similar effect to the Three which PRSERVED all the fair things that elves consider (such lands & trees). It had nothing to do with Nephredil!
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Similarly, I am not convinced that timelessness makes a place more beautiful.
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Under the law of the sun & moon, all things decay rapidly unlike before when it was still twilight in ME. That is exactly it, the timelessness was literal. Doriath, as fair as it was, Tolkien didn't describe it in an almost identical sense of Valinor like Lothlorien.
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I don't think it would've been foolish for Melian and Thingol to establish the realm of Doriath if they did not give it a "magical" timelessness.
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That's exactly it. A kingdom as majestic as Doriath would only fall into decay under the sun unless Melian hollowed it did some mojo but it was not mentioned in the Silmaril so this gives the impression that she did not posess such a power.