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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. :)
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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 02:02 pm (UTC)I'll note that this does not state that Nerdanel was "gentle" but rather, firm of will, patient and empathetic. Not gentle. *snip* One wonders why "gentleness" is assumed.
Perhaps looking at her in contrast to Feanor? Though you bring up a great point; this is another one of those fanons that has weaseled its way into everyone's mind, including mine, despite little evidence in the texts. (Because--famous last fanon words!--I would have sworn that it was there! ;)
I wonder also if her faith in the Valar doesn't contribute to that impression. Yikes, now you've got me pondering another essay, and I haven't even started writing this one and already have another lined up after ... ;)
Had he fleshed out the other five, I would imagine each would be equally nuanced.
I think that the HoMe shows this as well. For example, JRRT's earliest version of Celegorm had him--not Barahir!--rescuing Finrod during the Battle of Sudden Flame. The detail that Celegorm and Curufin rescued Orodreth from Minas Tirith was conveniently edited out of the published book. C&C asked--and convinced!--their father to let Aegnor and Angrod on board the ships to Losgar in some early versions as well. I'm not sure if JRRT struck that idea, or if it just never made it into the published Silm but, in any case, I've always taken details like those to mean that JRRT certainly didn't have them in mind as unequivocal villains, even if they did end up that way in the published book.
Make that Essay #4 ... ;)