Then we end up with President Mike Johnson, though. Unfortunately, it’s fascist turtles all the way down.

Aren’t Balrogs just corrupted Maiar? I’ve never understood why it’s assumed that they all have to be the same. Presumably, they could have taken different forms, either by their own choice, by Morgoth’s, or just by the way the corruption took hold. Maybe some had wings and some didn’t?

Or that their son was the one responsible for naming Bort?

There's [email protected], but it looks like it's not very active anymore.

Fun fact : The original law to protect child actors from their parents came about because of the case of Jackie Coogan, who later played Uncle Fester on the TV version of The Addams Family.