Posted: March 27, 2000 at 06:56:15: by Maglor
: I don't understand why people don't want Gil-galad to be Orodreth's son. This was Tolkien's decision on the matter. Christopher Tolkien has admitted that he interjected the incorrect lineage for Gil-galad into THE SILMARILLION.I guess most people (me included) doesn't like to change their minds on something they thought they knew, they don't want to admit they're wrong. No matter if it was a mistake or not, the Silmarillion says that Gil-Galad was the son of Fingon so when you read the PoME many years later, it is hard to believe that Silm was wrong, so a lot of people denie it. I also believe that Gil-Galad was the son of Fingon, but I know I can't prove it. Maglor
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