Subject: Maglor
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Posted on: 2014-05-21 13:14:00 UTC

It's a very well-written story, and very enjoyable to read. But I just plain don't get your interpretation of Maglor. (I have the same problem with Agent Dafydd too.) Maybe it's because I've not read much of HoME yet, so perhaps I haven't seen any of the bits that make Maglor a sympathetic character. But in the Silm, he and Maedhros always strike me as being like those hypocritical cops from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

MÆDHROS: "Now listen up Eonwe! And you'd better listen good, because it's gonna be very intelligent, and thoughtful, and humane!"

MAGLOR: "That's right! We're not a couple of typical bloodthirsty thugs who go around committing genocidal Kinslayings and then boasting about it afterwards in seedy Hithlum bars!"

MÆDRHROS: "No, we're a couple of sensitive and caring bloodthirsty thugs who go around committing genocidal Kinslayings and then agonise about it afterwards to our foster children!"

MAGLOR: "And I write poems!"

MÆDRHROS: "He writes them in crayon!"

MAGLOR: "But I've not any of them published yet, so I'd better warn you, I'm in a mean mood!"

MÆDRHROS: "Yeah, a mean mood! Hey, shall we Kinslay them again for a bit?"

MAGLOR: "Yeah! Why not! Chaaarrrrge!"

MÆDRHROS: "Chaaarrrrge!"

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