Feanor - Overrated? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Gwaihir the Windlord · 07-09-2003, 03:15 AM

It was not the loss of his mother that made Feanor like he was. It was just him; he is naturally that way.

I think I can see what you mean, Eomer. But I would not personally call him 'overrated'. He was a very great Elf, as we know -- the greatest in power of spirit and in works of craft -- but it is true that he was not a nice person. It is often so with geniuses, I suppose -- for some reason or other, they are often not normal in other ways than just being genius-ish. That is, I mean, they are often wierdos =/. Feanor was reckless, ruthless and deserved his punishment, but that does not take away from the fact that he was an incredible figure.

07-09-2003, 03:15 AM	#15
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	It was not the loss of his mother that made Feanor like he was. It was just him; he is naturally that way. I think I can see what you mean, Eomer. But I would not personally call him 'overrated'. He was a very great Elf, as we know -- the greatest in power of spirit and in works of craft -- but it is true that he was not a nice person. It is often so with geniuses, I suppose -- for some reason or other, they are often not normal in other ways than just being genius-ish. That is, I mean, they are often wierdos =/. Feanor was reckless, ruthless and deserved his punishment, but that does not take away from the fact that he was an incredible figure.