First Age Problems

[oloriel]

That moment when you mean to use the "like a moth drawn to the candle" imagery in an Age-of-the-Trees fanfic set in Valinor and realise it doesn't work. Moths die in candles because they mistake our artificial lights for bright lights in the sky, particularly the moon. BUT IN THIS SETTING, THE MOON DOES NOT YET EXIST. Instead, we have two very bright trees ON THE VERY EARTH, making moth orientation next to impossible without, like, drowning in the vats of Laurelin. *facepalms*
So, no moths in Valinor. Perhaps moths in Cuiviénen (USING BRIGHT STARS FOR ORIENTATION, YOU CAN'T STOP ME), who regularly died in Noldorin campfires? And thus the adage came into being, and continues to be used in Valinor? LOOK, IDK. I'M JUST OVERTHINKING FANTASY. WHAT ELSE IS NOT NEW.