Were all the Sons of Feanor really that bad?

[Lalaith]

Originally Posted by Elmo
I thought Haleth was a stupid old croan that caused her people a lot of unnecessary hardship...but that's a different topic

Ha, yeah I've always thought that! Especially when she moves them for the second time!!
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Oh - in the words of Thrain, "this cannot be borne!"
And it's "crone", by the way.
But back to the question.
For Catholics, the first and greatest of the seven deadly sins was pride. The other side of pride was despair: hence, by that sin fell the angels.
Which of the sons suffered most from pride, and which from despair?

I think of poor Maglor, singing of his terrible grief for eternity.
Curufin, who in his despair tried to kill Luthien herself.
Maedhros, who tried so hard to strive for honour and yet hurled himself into the chasms of the earth once he gained his Silmaril.

Perhaps Amrod, killed at Losgar, was the most fortunate of them all.