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Lyta_Underhill · 06-26-2003, 10:42 PM

I SO would not want to be one of Fëanor's children! I imagine they weren't brought up to have their own views of things. All the sons of Fëanor took the vow quickly, in solidarity. I hate to think what Fëanor might have done to a son of his that DIDN'T take the vow! But yes, I imagine they were at the center of a larger trend; otherwise, would Fëanor have been able to enlist the other sons of Finwë and their kin to leave if that hadn't been so? It seems inevitable that something had to happen to make the Elves long for a return to Middle Earth. Didn't Galadriel go just to have the chance to have her own realm to rule? Perhaps leaving Aman was like children leaving home in a sense.

Another thing I wondered about, and I don't know if I'm wandering from the topic too much: but Fëanor claimed his campaign to wreak his revenge on Morgoth was because of the murder of his father Finwë; but it turned out to be more a matter of regaining the Silmarils in the end for the Sons of Fëanor than a redress of Finwë's murder. One evil begets many more; thus the Silmarils would not suffer themselves to be held by Maedhros and Maglor.

Oh, by the way, I would have to also vote for Maedhros in the contest of bravest son of Fëanor, but I may be biased, having rather a thing for him! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Cheers,
Lyta

06-26-2003, 10:42 PM	#26
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	I SO would not want to be one of Fëanor's children! I imagine they weren't brought up to have their own views of things. All the sons of Fëanor took the vow quickly, in solidarity. I hate to think what Fëanor might have done to a son of his that DIDN'T take the vow! But yes, I imagine they were at the center of a larger trend; otherwise, would Fëanor have been able to enlist the other sons of Finwë and their kin to leave if that hadn't been so? It seems inevitable that something had to happen to make the Elves long for a return to Middle Earth. Didn't Galadriel go just to have the chance to have her own realm to rule? Perhaps leaving Aman was like children leaving home in a sense. Another thing I wondered about, and I don't know if I'm wandering from the topic too much: but Fëanor claimed his campaign to wreak his revenge on Morgoth was because of the murder of his father Finwë; but it turned out to be more a matter of regaining the Silmarils in the end for the Sons of Fëanor than a redress of Finwë's murder. One evil begets many more; thus the Silmarils would not suffer themselves to be held by Maedhros and Maglor. Oh, by the way, I would have to also vote for Maedhros in the contest of bravest son of Fëanor, but I may be biased, having rather a thing for him! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Cheers, Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

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