Feanor's Wrath

[mormegil]

Felagund -- I don't think Fëanor was as bound by the Oath as were his sons, though perhaps it is because he never had a chance to really be caught up in it.

I must wholly disagree on that point. I think that Fëanor ties to the oath were even greater. He was the oath maker and knew what he was doing.

I still hold that Fëanor, while possibly a better warrior than Fingolfin, he was tatically unsound in many things he did. He was far too impulsive to be truly great. Impulsiveness doesn't mesh well with good tatical manuevers, which would be needed in combat with Morgoth.

I think people tend to make Fëanor greater than he was. He seems to have choosen a path similar to Morgoth himself. To a much lesser degree but both were born great and in their own lusts and desires they destroyed themselves. Now I'm not outright saying that Fëanor is evil per se, but in the silm we read that he is still in the Halls of Mandos. He did do many grevious things and by his oath caused many more to happen. And I do believe that he shares a great deal of blame for the acts of his sons.