Thread:Count of Howard/@comment-28083312-20170429182047/@comment-29826282-20170429192728

I can buy that, it still would’ve been awesome to see him kick ass for more than two paragraphs >:( Agreed. Tolkien pls rewrite.

The whole reason they faded was because Valinor was no longer supporting them & because the corruption of middle earth was wearing out their souls. Eh, that's a bit of a negative interpretation. The reason they faded was because their time was passing. The dominion of the Eldar preceded that of men; once men began to arise in might wax in strength, the Eldar began to wane into the woodland nymphs Tolkien hinted that they would become in later human mythology. It was a natural progression of sorts.

That actually was explained; it’s because of Melian True, but at the end of the day, she was just another Maia. Yeah, she kept Doriath safe via the Girdle, and maybe enhanced Thingol's natural abilities, but I don't recall any mention being made of her influence being absorbed by the Sindar who lived there. From what I understood, they kicked butt without the need for performance-enhancing light from Valinor.

I’m actually really pissed off that Thingol died the way he did; the power of balrogs in comparison to elves is debatable, but there’s no way Thingol shouldn’t have been able to waste those dwarves This. Though if I recall, he mouthed off to them with no guards about. Rookie move.