The diminshing of the characters

[Inderjit Sanghera]

Do you feel that the reading of the Silmarillion diminished your opinion on the greatness of some of the characters form LOTR?I thought Aragorn was the mightiest man ever, but after reading about the deeds, might and valour of Beren, Hurin, Turin and Tuor amongst others, my opinion of him had diminished. I thought Legolas was great, but is he really comparable to Faenor, Fingolfin, Maedhros, Fingon, Elwe and all of the other mighty Elves of the First age. The characters in The Silmarillion are probably the greatest in any book ever (In my opinion) though sometimes I wish I hadn’t read it (though it is my favourite book) so my opinions on Aragorn and co. could remain as high as they used to be. One thing that I notice about the Sil., is that I haven’t go that feeling of wishing I can go back to the first time I read it, and read it without knowing what was going to happen, which is what I feel about LOTR. Does anyone else feel this?