I meant that the Valar are arguably naive by design, and seem to miss much that Elves or humans would be suspicious about. The Noldor building arms and armor for war in Valinor would be incomprehensible to them; what possible reason would they have to fight in paradise? Manwe himself is said to believe that Melkor was reformed, although Tulkas looked askance at him. Knowing the omen of Miriel's death, they should have at least been vigilant of other possibilities. If the Elves indeed had to fight off predators and monsters across M-e to get there, the Valar should at least have been wary of the well-trained, meat-eating fighters in their midst.
Sorry, off on a tangent, but there aren't that many modern marvels in M-e. Are there any out-of-place mechanics in Dale?
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