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ETA:: Please note: As of 10 May 2009, I have collected the results for this poll. You're welcome to still contribute, if you wish, as I may return to this topic in the future, but further replies will not be used in my current essay. However, do check out the discussion on this post, which is as fabulous as I have come to expect from my flist and passersby! :) A sincere thank-you to all who participated in the poll and provided such insightful discussion of the topic. /ETA
I am getting ready to write an essay for my weble The Heretic Loremaster, and I am interested in how Tolkien fans familiar with The Silmarillion perceive the character of Maglor. I appreciate the input of anyone who has a few minutes to spare me and my LJ-created poll. :) Also, please pass the word to other Tolkienites, if you're so inclined. I would like as many responses as I can get.
If you do not have an LJ account and would like to contribute to the poll, feel free to leave an anonymous comment with your responses. (Click "Confabulate with Me" at the bottom of the post.)
Please note also that I do not expect people to look up information for this. I am interested in your perceptions of his character, not how well you can find what the book says about his character. (And, for those who do not already know, I don't believe in "canon," so I don't believe that there are right or wrong answers to any of these questions, although I certainly possess my own opinions on them. :)
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Anything that you'd wish to add or elaborate upon, please feel free to do so in the comments. :)
I am getting ready to write an essay for my weble The Heretic Loremaster, and I am interested in how Tolkien fans familiar with The Silmarillion perceive the character of Maglor. I appreciate the input of anyone who has a few minutes to spare me and my LJ-created poll. :) Also, please pass the word to other Tolkienites, if you're so inclined. I would like as many responses as I can get.
If you do not have an LJ account and would like to contribute to the poll, feel free to leave an anonymous comment with your responses. (Click "Confabulate with Me" at the bottom of the post.)
Please note also that I do not expect people to look up information for this. I am interested in your perceptions of his character, not how well you can find what the book says about his character. (And, for those who do not already know, I don't believe in "canon," so I don't believe that there are right or wrong answers to any of these questions, although I certainly possess my own opinions on them. :)
[Poll #1387001]
Anything that you'd wish to add or elaborate upon, please feel free to do so in the comments. :)
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Date: 2009-05-10 01:53 pm (UTC)I divide the 7 sons of Feanor into 3 groups: the oldest, the youngest, and the troublemakers.
Me too! M&M, the 3Cs, and double-A. That was my mnemonic when first learning all the Silm characters! :D
I comfortably put Caranthir in with the rest and class the 3Cs as "those not well-regarded by history." The others get neutral, or even positive, depictions, but no one has much nice to say about the 3Cs.
So, those are my three 'candidates' (I voted Maglor) with the understanding that you can have a 'kinder, gentler' Dark Lord.
Totally agreed. I find it hard to justify some of the pie-eyed Maglors I find in fanfic for this very reason, especially given the wealth of "canon" that is passed over in order to come up with that characterization.
But I settled on 'doubting the Oath' - a willingness to rethink a position that the others took for granted. It shows his humility (I mean, for a proud Noldo), to admit that he might just have been wrong all along.... Letting Maedhros talk him out of this showed his to-a-fault loyalty
I hadn't thought on this too much before this poll, to be honest. (So when I speak of fans who overlook some events of his life in favor of others, I point to myself. ;) I've always seen his willingness to forsake the oath as a sign of great courage; he did not know what lay beyond that choice, but he was willing to make it. I completely agree with your explanation as well.