Manwë stumbles

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Thanks for all of the responses.

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Yet what does it mean for a god to allow and accept bloodshed and battle for his own creative amusement and inspiration? Are elves and men and hobbits and dwarves but the playthings in Eru's sandbox? And does Manwe et al acquiesce to this?

When Aule makes the dwarves, they are simply automatons - wind-up dolls - that can do nothing not programmed into them by their creator. So much so that, if Aule, intending to the destroy them, ordered them to form a queue and, as each approached its creator, was literally hammered into the ground, each subsequent dwarf would step and submit to being destroyed, not even thinking of not obeying.

Eru changed this, breathing life into Aule's creations, who shirked when Aule thought to destroy them.

So what of Manwe? Does he have the same spark within, a flame that, like the dwarves, would make him flinch when Eru calls? Why would men, elves, etc have the notion to flee - to disobey the creator - and not Manwe?

I guess all that I'm looking for is a moment of doubt to spring forth from Manwe. One little moment to show that he's not some machine.