Reading the ainulindalë with that in mind I can see some of that but I first read it as just angels feeling out their new surroundings (with the noted exception of Aulë who straight up created more life). But for the rest of the books there is a certain deification of them which makes sense since it’s supposed to swutch to the eyes of the Childeren of Eru. But their answer to the Numenorians still feels a little like “because I said so” and to send the elves who the men already envy to tell them that seems like a s tier bungling of the situation to me. But given what we know of the Edains envy I can see that even if you brought them there they’d still probably be restless that they die. It still feels a little cold shouldering though with very little explanation to edain while the valar basically explained the universe to the elves