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> The wondrous light of nuclear energy is able to transform the nature of
> those who live near it. In fact, it's so wonderful that even its
> presence, without any visible light, has this effect. See Sellafield,
> Chernobyl, Basra. {snip}
> The Calaquendi were mutated freaks who owed their nature to two giant
> nuclear power plants built by the Valar (the nuclear powers). Melkor
> stole the plutonium rods in order to set up his own energy industry
> (centred on Thangorodrim), and the techies left Valinor to apprehend
> him. Melkor used the byproducts of his industry to create his own army
> of mutants, and in one battle (the Dagor Bragollach) sent a torrent of
> nuclear waste to devastate the green fields of the Elves. The ruin of
> the giant nuclear plant destroyed the lands of Beleriand, so that they
> sank beneath the waves. The Valar tried to dispose of the waste
> products in a variety of ways: by sinking it in the sea, by burying it
> underground, and by sending it into space.
i think this would be a really neat explanation for orcs, but... then it begs the question, why would those who had been exposed to the valar not be mutated into what orcs had been mutated into?
also, something else that was suggested in a follow up post is that while elves are mutated, humans die. this is why the valar didn't want man to come to valinor. of course, the fact that tuor did sorta causes a problem.
so, it's a sorta neat idea, but not without it's problems. but, it sorta does make one think... what if, one day, man advanced enough to achieve the same power that the valar had? then, what if one day, the valar had surpassed the power of the valar, through technology, and achieved the same power as eru? what if just happened to be that eru wasn't *really* a god, but he just seemed as one to man? this sounds kinda like those bizzare and often dismissed theories that suggest that man (in the real world) was created by some alien, and not a god, or something, heh.
