Ponderings about the fates of the Noldor, Galadriel and what it all meant.

[The Saucepan Man]

From the author's perspective, Galadriel was a late addition to the "stable" of Finwe's line. She was added in while LoTR was being written. Once the decision was made to have her be the daughter of Finarfin, she obviously had to survive the First Age.

Similarly, being a late addition, there was less opportunity to involve her in the storyline of the Silmarillion, thus increasing her chances of survival. After all, if she's not in a story, she unlikely to be killed in it. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

When I recently read the Silmarillion for the first time, I was struck by how small a part she plays in it.