[Raynor]

Well, if we are going canonical, then whatever Chris wrote, it has the full, official, backing of the professor. He can modify, publish, or delete anything and everything. Anyway, even if, for the sake of argument, we disregard Tolkien's position regarding Chris, you still have to prove that Melkor planned and controlled the chain of events. However, by and large, you already admitted that was not the case.