Orcs and free will in Arda (Part II)

[Version française ici] {This post must be read more like a global meditation on this complex matter than like a demonstration based on some irrevocable stand of mine} This is supposed to continue the exploration of the topic at stake in this previous post, and to complete it with an attempt at answering the following question …

Free will in Arda (Part I)

[Version française ici] Do they Elves in Arda have free will? Or are they inevitably destined to serve the Light, just like the Orcs who are the eternal slaves of Darkness? This question was submitted to me a few months ago, but back then, I only partially and privately answered, and I'll try here to …

Fëanor/Fingolfin : The feud in Mithrim

[Version française ici] Quite a long time ago (a year ago maybe ?) someone sent me this question on Tumblr : "What do you think would have happened if Fingolfin had arrived un Hithlum and found his brother still living?" This user was talking about The Silmarillion, when the Exiled Ñoldor return to Middle-earth, after Fëanor’s death …

Lúthien, the Nauglamír & the Fëanorians

[Version française ici] Quite a long time ago (was it last year?), someone on Tumblr sent me this question : “My question Is why do you think the Fëanorians did not dare to attack Lúthien while she had the Silmaril? This has always been a mystery to me” Even though the answer might seem quite …

The corruption of Sauron – Timeline(s)

[Version française ici] We all know that Sauron was not evil in the beginning ; he was a Maia, created before Arda itself, and was involved in its creation first during the Music of the Ainur, and then during the Shaping of Arda. But we also know that he was corrupted by Melkor at one …

Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth : A closer look

{Version française ici} A while ago, I received a few similar questions on Tumblr : …Do you have more headcanons about Felagund or would you mind elaborate more about his relationship with Andreth?... I read through all Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth several times and honestly I would love to know your interpretation of it. Andreth …

Galadriel & Finrod Felagund

{Version française ici] A short while ago, someone on Tumblr asked me to talk about the parallels I could see between Galadriel and and her brother Finrod. I repost my answer here. Felagund and Galadriel are alike in many ways, especially in their respective evolution, even though those two characters have quite different motives and …

Galadriel’s ambition

[Version française ici] Last week, someone on Tumblr sent me this remark: "You know it is interesting that Galadriel fantasied with which she will do with the one Ring if she had the chance. When Frodo actually offered her the Ring she loomed about him as a Dark Queen that would rule not only a …