Something interesting about Melian is how, despite knowing so much about the events that will happen, she doesn’t get very involved. I thought differently at first, that she had more influence than the Valar, but it’s not so. She limits herself to giving advice without forcing anyone to follow it, much like Gandalf would do in the future. And her barrier, it’s not different from Ulmo’s influence over the Sirion.

My question for this chapter is: Did giving birth to Lúthien diminish Melian in any way? I wonder if she became more bound to her form than the Valar or other Maiar. I think I remember something about her casting her body and going back to Valinor, but was that akin to Gandalf dying? Or more similar to what Arien did? ...Maybe I should wait until I get to that chapter before thinking too hard about this.