With a side-serving of Aredhel perhaps not taking it entirely seriously as a permanent arrangement, even after a child was born
Oh, very interesting point!
Hypocrisy is not all that strange
Heh! I was wondering whether this question shouldn't be worded better, but couldn't think of how. Replacing "strange" by "hypocritical" would have been a good start...
I mean, come on, who can own a river or a tree? It's just stupid. (<-- they might have said.)
That's another excellent point! I think I'm going to steal it if I ever write that Haladin anthropology (haha) fic I've been toying with in my head, if I may!
I thought the Girdle of Melian kept undesirable people out, not its inhabitants in?
It's no longer so clear in the Silm, but in earlier drafts, even the Sindar of Doriath couldn't pass through the Girdle without permission. Which makes sense, if Mortals (and possibly even less desirable folk) could make their way through the Girdle if they followed an Elf - you wanted to know who was roaming outside and possibly dragging spies...
Depending on how big the Valley and the foothills were, Gondolin may well have been able to grow all its own food (and wood, and cloth-materials, and we know they had ore...)
Definitely! If their climate was anything like it is in some of the valleys of the Alps, they even may have been able to grow wine. Who knows, maybe in times of peace the House of the Golden Flower was an agricultural corporation? ;) It just isn't ever explained, which is such a pity. (I think we not only need a poster-sized map of Beleriand, we also need a decent economical map! ;))
I imagine that even a Kinslayer might find it hard to imagine someone killing a child or a spouse
Another excellent point. I tend to forget how... innocent they all were, even after the Darkening and Alqualondë.
I really don't think Aredhel was the subtle sneaky type.
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Oh, very interesting point!
Hypocrisy is not all that strange
Heh! I was wondering whether this question shouldn't be worded better, but couldn't think of how. Replacing "strange" by "hypocritical" would have been a good start...
I mean, come on, who can own a river or a tree? It's just stupid. (<-- they might have said.)
That's another excellent point! I think I'm going to steal it if I ever write that Haladin anthropology (haha) fic I've been toying with in my head, if I may!
I thought the Girdle of Melian kept undesirable people out, not its inhabitants in?
It's no longer so clear in the Silm, but in earlier drafts, even the Sindar of Doriath couldn't pass through the Girdle without permission. Which makes sense, if Mortals (and possibly even less desirable folk) could make their way through the Girdle if they followed an Elf - you wanted to know who was roaming outside and possibly dragging spies...
Depending on how big the Valley and the foothills were, Gondolin may well have been able to grow all its own food (and wood, and cloth-materials, and we know they had ore...)
Definitely! If their climate was anything like it is in some of the valleys of the Alps, they even may have been able to grow wine. Who knows, maybe in times of peace the House of the Golden Flower was an agricultural corporation? ;) It just isn't ever explained, which is such a pity. (I think we not only need a poster-sized map of Beleriand, we also need a decent economical map! ;))
I imagine that even a Kinslayer might find it hard to imagine someone killing a child or a spouse
Another excellent point. I tend to forget how... innocent they all were, even after the Darkening and Alqualondë.
I really don't think Aredhel was the subtle sneaky type.
Probably not! Although I do see her as vengeful..