verymaedhros:
I feel like Melkor’s whole “I just wanted to create!!!” thing is just a total bullshit excuse of his. Becuase, think about it. We all know That Kid. You know. You’re in a group. Say, a powerpoint presentation on lizards. A basketball team. A groupchat coordinating a beach party. And you’ve got this person. And what they wan’t isnt actually for the group to do the best as possible. What they want is power. It says right in the text that that’s what Melkor wanted- to destroy all that wasn’t him and make it all as he wanted. And that’s just. EXACTLY what you see in groups. I’m familiar with this. You’re all working on the project and this kid pitches a tantrum at everything. He sabatogues shit. He breaks shit. “Oh, can you buy hotdogs for the party?” “Fuck you I hate hotdogs I spent all the money buying one single steak for myself. It’s better that way.” or “Hey, please do the slide on Lizard Diets.” “No. I didn’t want to. You guys did a shitty job on your slides so I deleted them and redid them the way I wanted.” That kid. The one who claims “I just wanted to help!! I’m just improving the group! I’m just creating :)” then just fucks it up for everyone by being selfish and uncooperative and power hungry. That’s exactly what Melkor is. We all know a Melkor like that. This isn’t, of course, saying that the valar’s plans were perfect. But Melkor’s actions weren’t genuine attempts to make things better. They were fucking shit up and ruining the groupwork because he’s a selfish asshole who thinks he’s in the right. That’s Melkor.