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If Eru's plan was to have some powerful elves go back to ME, who would he send? The Noldor. They were the greatest warriors ...
... Feanor did what needed to be done ... He was a tool of fate.
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Why, in that case it is Eru who must take full blame for the Kinslaying, and for the burning of the ships at Losgar for that matter. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
No, I'm sorry but I just cannot accept that all of Feanor's actions were "meant" to happen for the good of ME. Feanor had free will and must bear responsibility for his actions and their consequences, both good and bad. Yes, some good came of them, but that does not justify the death and suffering that were largely (if not wholly) brought about by them.
I would add that, if Feanor were simply a puppet of fate and had no free will of his own, it would, for me, destroy a large part of what makes this character so fascinating. He would become an automaton, animated by the will of Eru, rather than the fiery, passionate, complex and (yes) flawed character that I consider him to be.