I actually started to like Maedhros. Such a shame that he had to be obsessed with the Silmaril. Maybe one-handed jewel-crazed Elf guys are my secret weakness.
And to answer question #1, "why were all his kids boys?", it has to do something with the chemical balance in the womb at conception. Blame it on Fëanor's wife--Nerdanel, I think some other people said? Wow, I'm a nerd. Wait a sec, I JUST FOUND A [semi-]REAL APPLICATION FOR BIOLOGY!!!! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] (sorry to all who are biologists. My eleventh-grade, astronomy/geology-obsessed brain doesn't find a whole lot of application for biology.)
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"Come, come!" he shouted, swinging his axe. "Since Gandalf's head is now sacred, let us find one that is right to cleave!"
-Gimli, after hearing Galadriel's message to him in TTT
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