Did Maeglin had a chance? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Jessica Jade · 06-05-2002, 04:35 PM

I don't think that he was destined to meet a terrible fate. Elves, like everyone else, have free will. His father was just very posessive of him because he was his only son, not to mention that he hated the Noldor because they were his scapegoat for all the woes of Middle Earth. Idril just did not happen to return his affections...after all, he was her cousin. And sometimes, even when you like someone, you just don't LIKE someone in that way, you know. She probably liked him alright, but disliked the fact that he loved her, because it made her uncomfortable to be loved in that way by someone so closely related. It's unfortunate that Maeglin's jealousy of Tuor overcame his reason and led him to betray Turgon& Gondolin. In fact, maybe it would have been better if Eöl had suceeded in killing him, because then at least Gondolin would not have been destroyed.

[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: Jessica Jade ]

06-05-2002, 04:35 PM	#2
Jessica Jade Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tirion upon Túna, Atlanta Posts: 154	I don't think that he was destined to meet a terrible fate. Elves, like everyone else, have free will. His father was just very posessive of him because he was his only son, not to mention that he hated the Noldor because they were his scapegoat for all the woes of Middle Earth. Idril just did not happen to return his affections...after all, he was her cousin. And sometimes, even when you like someone, you just don't LIKE someone in that way, you know. She probably liked him alright, but disliked the fact that he loved her, because it made her uncomfortable to be loved in that way by someone so closely related. It's unfortunate that Maeglin's jealousy of Tuor overcame his reason and led him to betray Turgon& Gondolin. In fact, maybe it would have been better if Eöl had suceeded in killing him, because then at least Gondolin would not have been destroyed. [ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: Jessica Jade ] __________________ http://www.cadential64.com The musicians had indeed laid bare the youngest, most innocent of our ideas of life, the indestructible yearning for the way things aren't and can never be. ~ Philip Roth, The Human Stain

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