[ SECRET POST #3359 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3359 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

I sort of agree, but I actually like it when the Valar and Maiar are treated as very alien. Like, I like it when the elves are contrasted with humans and writers explore the fact that elves might have a very different way of thinking and of viewing the world - different from any human. And I like to think the Valar and Maiar are on a whole other level beyond that, not having flesh or a body naturally and not having been children and maybe not having the same relation to each other that elves and humans do.

I would love to see Melian in this capacity, where she's trying to be "elven" for Thingol and her connection to her makes her understand him better but every once in a while, she does something that is just eerie and unnerving. I'd also love if the narrative we get about the Valar and the Maiar being from the Noldor is played up; they wrote their understanding, but their understanding is deeply flawed. I'd also love more exploration of the proto-ainur in Lost Tales, like the war god and war goddess.

And, to make it even more interesting, I'd love to see more human/ainur interactions. Elves feel like they're right in the middle of the two. I wonder if humans could see the ainur more truly or if humans might be completely baffling to ainur. Anyway you do it would be interesting.

Basically, they are under-served characters and I would also love to read more about them (but not the bad guys).

[ibbity]

Tolkien's mythology is so incredibly complex. I love that about it, but I do wish we got more of what was going on in the characters' heads in depth than we do a lot of the time.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I agree. I would love see people look closer into life in Valinor, the relationships between the Elves and the Ainur, the relationships between the various Ainur themselves as well.

I once wrote a ficlet that I posted on Twitter about how Aulë crafted a metal sculpture of a tree as something of an apology to his wife over the whole dwarven thing. It no longer exists because I closed that twitter account, but I'd love to see more people doing things like that.

[(Anonymous)]

OP you should really look into N.K. Jemisin's Hundred Thousand Kingdoms trilogy if you haven't yet.