I, of course, mentioned Maglor the Musician, but then . . . well, I wouldn't be me if I didn't think of him as a musician.
The one trait that I associate most with Maglor is one that you didn't mention, probably because it's a negative -- that is, something that can only be expressed in terms of what it is not, rather than what it is. It's always struck me that Maglor is very much Not A Leader. I don't see this as being a flaw, necessarily, but it is kind of a drawback when you find yourself Regent of the Noldor. In that respect, I think he's like the twins -- they don't strike me as real leaders, either.
I think birth order has quite a bit to do with that; Maglor and the twins were both born immediately after boys with very powerful leadership abilities, and they seem like they'd be perfectly content to be followers, and they'd be good followers, too. Just not natural leaders, and when leadership gets thrust upon them, interesting things happen as a result.
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Date: 2009-04-21 04:04 am (UTC)The one trait that I associate most with Maglor is one that you didn't mention, probably because it's a negative -- that is, something that can only be expressed in terms of what it is not, rather than what it is. It's always struck me that Maglor is very much Not A Leader. I don't see this as being a flaw, necessarily, but it is kind of a drawback when you find yourself Regent of the Noldor. In that respect, I think he's like the twins -- they don't strike me as real leaders, either.
I think birth order has quite a bit to do with that; Maglor and the twins were both born immediately after boys with very powerful leadership abilities, and they seem like they'd be perfectly content to be followers, and they'd be good followers, too. Just not natural leaders, and when leadership gets thrust upon them, interesting things happen as a result.