Tolkien might have trashed the Turin idea because that would have really complicated the whole Elves go to Mandos and Men go to Somewhere-we-don't-know. He would have had readers going, "So why does this Turin bloke get to stay in Aman, whereas all the other heroes don't?" It was probably one of the random ideas that he had, momentarily thought that it would work, but then later realized that it would only really confuse his readers. I think writers have a lot of those (at least I know I do [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]).
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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