so much of the silmarillion is "what if i told the gods1, who physically exist in this world, to fuck off and leave me alone" and then the gods going "well ok then"
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technically eru iluvatar is the one true god and the valar plus melkor/morgoth are his kids/representatives/angels but eru iluvatar does precisely dick other than at the very beginning of time and i think after morgoth fucks up
middle eartharda, sorry real bad. so for all intents and purposes they are gods
melkor gets mad cause iluvatar won't let him play uptown funk on his trumpet

