Aredhel the bad girl?

[Manwe Sulimo]

I wish I had some scholarly aquantinces to talk to over lunch....good thing I have you guys.

I don't think it was really Aredhel's fault that Gondolin was destroyed. It was already slated for destruction by Morgoth; Ulmo said that it would be the last Elven stronghold to fall, but it would still fall.

But if you still want someone to blame, blame Eöl. Maeglin was "in mood and mind...the son of his father." If he had been more like the Noldor, he would not have become so jealous of Tuor, and not betrayed Gondolin to Morgoth.

And, I have to say it....where did Aredhel go wrong raising Maeglin? He loved his cousin, for Eru's sake!