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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 9252029" data-attributes="member: 4303">Technically, the "Last Ship" is the one which Cirdan and Celeborn take some time in the Fourth Age. It must be after year FoA 171, as a note in the Thain's Book - transcribed from the Red Book of Westmarch says that Cirdan might still live at the Grey Havens. Arwen also has the opportunity to depart after Aragorn's death in FoA 120.While there are some elements in Tolkien's evolving legendarium which are inconsistent with the overall lore, I don't think the examples you've picked fit the bill very well. It seems to me that the theme of exceptionalism is usually used purposely to illustrate deviation from what is normal, natural, the proper order of things and serves rather to strengthen the underlying motifs. This can be as the result of sorcery, the grace of the Valar, or Eru's personal intervention ("providence").I think there's also a world of difference between "things we don't necessarily understand about Middle-Earth because they aren't made explicit" and "things which contradict established lore in Middle-Earth."I think that Beorn, and the giants from The Hobbit are better illustrations.These are functions of the corrupting influence of the Ring, and serve that motif.Bombadil might be Eru or the author inserting himself into the story; he is certainly an exception. Goldberry is a "not-known" but we might reasonably infer that she is a maia; Old Man Willow is consistent with the remains of the Primeval Forest, and the notion of "Ents becoming tree-ish/trees becoming ent-ish."Again, illustrating the unnatural effects of sorcery.I'm not sure whether you're referring to the Palantir of Minas Tirith or in the Tower Hills.Well, the Witch-King, Galadriel and Sauron all "do magic," and I'm not sure that we're required to see the Mouth of Sauron do magic "on-screen" for his authenticity as a sorcerer to be confirmed.Boromir's journey is exceptional.See the note above regarding the date of the Last Ship. And the Gimli thing is definitely an "it is told" or an "if this be true" type thing; it is purposely placed in the region of speculation.Yes, and they are a function of divine grace or they are unnatural; deviant; contrary to the proper order of thingsI can't say I agree with your premise, or the examples you've used to illustrate it.</blockquote>

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