Season 2 · Episode 42
The Valar Made Me Do It?: Fate and Free Will in Middle-Earth
The Last Homely House · Ron Peters, Jon Hatter, Jasmine Bennett
January 8, 202447m 45s
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Show Notes
Picking up on last week's discussion on the Fate of elves and men, our hosts chat on how Fate and Free Will interact in Middle Earth. On the one hand, you have the Doom of Mandos and other prophetic voices that seem to dictate how events will turn out. On the other hand, you have characters making choices that shape their destinies. How do these things work together? Where are the Valar in all of this?