#I finished ''The Lost Road'' today and Christopher has a brief note on Maglor's final dialogue

[imakemywings]

Thinking about how Maglor makes the most cogent argument in The Silmarillion for abandoning the oath, for returning to Aman and accepting their punishment, for the idea that the oath was never valid or enforceable to begin with, and in the end he is overborne by Maedhros' will. Not by his logic, by his will. Maedhros gets what he wants because he pushes until Maglor gives in, against his better judgement, against his own will.

How could Maglor not resent him? How could Maglor not be angry?

He spends potentially thousands of years suffering for what he's done, and in large part because he gave into what Maedhros wanted, because Maedhros refused to listen to him. Maglor wanted to go home and give themselves up; instead he slaughters Eonwe's guard and steals back a Silmaril and lives the rest of his life in exile and isolation, and Maedhros doesn't even have to suffer it too. Maglor yielded to Maedhros' will, and then once he had gotten what he wanted, Maedhros killed himself and left Maglor to survive the consequences.

And Maglor has a lot of time to think about it.