To me, Feanor is absolutely the best character in the Sil. He's one of the only characters that people have very strong emotions. You either like him or hate him, I don't think i ever met someone who was indifferent to Feanor.
I point that is missing in this discussion, is that there was a flaw in the bringing up of Feanor. His mother refused to return ever to her body and Finwe was the only parent he knew.
His parents had flaws: Míriel failed her son and husband because she didn't want to return to her hroa and Finwe failed her wife because he didn't give her the time for her to heal and used the excuse that he wanted more children.
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