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Lush · 08-16-2002, 08:04 PM

...And if you accept the way Tolkien's world works, you realise that curses really are potent. Too potent, in fact.
Though curse aside, Maeglin was raised in an extremely difficult environment, by a mother who didn't love his father, and by a father who treated his family like property. Maeglin then saw father kill the mother, and followed his example in betraying Gondolin, or, essentialy, Idril, following the same princinple of "if I can't have you, no one will" that his dear old dad followed.

08-16-2002, 08:04 PM	#11
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	...And if you accept the way Tolkien's world works, you realise that curses really are potent. Too potent, in fact. Though curse aside, Maeglin was raised in an extremely difficult environment, by a mother who didn't love his father, and by a father who treated his family like property. Maeglin then saw father kill the mother, and followed his example in betraying Gondolin, or, essentialy, Idril, following the same princinple of "if I can't have you, no one will" that his dear old dad followed. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~