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Originally Posted by Orphalesion
Sorry no; with Aredhel I always got the impression that she was a ridiculous prima donna and a "tomboy wannabe" and only went riding and hunting with Feanor's sons because she enjoyed the attention they gave her. "Hey there Celegorm, I won't give you my heart! But feel free to get me some mead while I relax here."
Just remember that later she was to a degree forced into marriage with Eol and took ages to escape.
My mental picture of Aredhel:
http://postimg.org/image/f8voa24b1/
With Maeglin I somewhat agree: Why is okay for Aredhel to fool around with the sons of Feanor (her cousins) but Maeglin can't have Idril?
That being said, Idril did NOT want to marry Maeglin, so it makes the whole point moot. Turgon clearly loved and cherished Maeglin and Morgoth had to use his strongest mind control and torture on Maeglin to get him to betray Gondolin. |
HAHAHAH
bring it! fun post. I suppose I take ur point, I mean, what was she doing in Valinor, all that horse-y Orome, whatever stuff. I'm seeing a white wedding-dress like outfit on a Shadow-faxy horse thing. And ah, dah Aredhel - um what the! Wearing WHITE whilst fleeing Eol with Maeglin, as she's heading for the outer gate of Gondolin in all that creepy dark vale stuff. With Ungoliant-y creatures everywhere. Yes, nice camouflage choice Aredhel!
Yes, Maeglin was pretty okay, with grand-daddy, despite the whole cliff-throwing episode. He was loyal, hardy in battle and pretty good to Turgon. And, really Tolkien? You're going to point fingers at Maeglin for having power-motives in Gondolin, where granddaddy had everything in lock down! Oh let me guess - only Noldorin 'princes' (precious) could dispossess the Teleri in Beleriand, and of course, that's all okay. Yes, the whole of Arda was just for Elvendom.
Seriously, it must have grated the Nandor, Sindar and Silvan Elves (and Tolkien says as much in several stories) to have their world run over by raging Noldor, after a Kinslaying - OMG - just to track down some stupid jewels.
Now, if that's not precious, what is?