Feanor - Overrated? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 07-29-2003, 08:16 AM

I agree wholeheartedly with Lyta.

Some people may call it denying the truth, but I would like to remember Fëanor as the greatest Elf of all time, not as the misguided mass murderer of poor Teleri. He wasn't the instigator, Morgoth was. All that Fëanor did was actually let some of his lies sink in, without realizing it. I think that Morgoth played his cards well, knowing all of Fëanor's weaknesses. I don't blame Fëanor for some of his actions, because being an eldest child myself, with a lot of pressure to be perfect, I understand how he felt about his younger brothers. True, some of his actions were uncalled-for, but do the good deeds make the man or to the bad deeds make the man? In our culture, you are more remembered if you were notorious (people are definitely going to remember Hitler longer than Mother Teresa), but we have to remember those people who did do some good in their lives, and Fëanor was one of them.

07-29-2003, 08:16 AM	#31
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	I agree wholeheartedly with Lyta. Some people may call it denying the truth, but I would like to remember Fëanor as the greatest Elf of all time, not as the misguided mass murderer of poor Teleri. He wasn't the instigator, Morgoth was. All that Fëanor did was actually let some of his lies sink in, without realizing it. I think that Morgoth played his cards well, knowing all of Fëanor's weaknesses. I don't blame Fëanor for some of his actions, because being an eldest child myself, with a lot of pressure to be perfect, I understand how he felt about his younger brothers. True, some of his actions were uncalled-for, but do the good deeds make the man or to the bad deeds make the man? In our culture, you are more remembered if you were notorious (people are definitely going to remember Hitler longer than Mother Teresa), but we have to remember those people who did do some good in their lives, and Fëanor was one of them. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.