Feanor - Overrated?

[Lyta_Underhill]

The feeling you get is not so much that he was proud of their making, but possessive and withholding of them simply because it was he that had given birth to them. Probably the same with all his works.

An apt observation, Gwaihir! Probably why ALL his sons had to take the Oath; after all, they were his, and he would suffer them to have no other master but him. Makes me feel even sorrier for Maedhros and Maglor...but I know the syndrome quite well! The son reflects on the father->the son belongs to the father->the son is part of the father. Maybe Fëanor really DID put himself into his creations, in this manner of thinking!

Cheers!
Lyta