Very excited to reveal another of my TRSB 2024 Artworks for @tolkienrsb.
Here is Finarfin sometime after the War of Wrath on the shores of Alqualonde in solitude. The artwork was made in colaboration with the awesome @oakenting, who wrote a story, that I cannot wait to read. Seriously, go check it out, when it reveals!
Credits to: lorica-art, Elena Kukunova, Bella Bergolts, alystrea, Kinko-White, & Serwen-101
Finarfin: I want you to know that even though you destroyed most of my family and killed my sons, revenge is not an ideal we promote in Valinor
Morgoth: Oh? wonderful, that’s great!
Finarfin: (smiles) but we’re not in Valinor, are we?
so as far as i know the takes i've seen are "turin killing morgoth is peak narrative", "hurin deserves to beat morgoth's ass more" and "finarfin is the next in line to go absolutely unhinged and feral" so let me ask you. why have one when you can have all three. killing morgoth can be joint effort. maybe the real friendship were dark lords we slayed along the way,,,
Getting advice from your dad/uncles
Lil’ Maitimo: Is stabbing someone immoral?
Fëanaro : Not if they deserve it.
Nolofinwë: Depends who you’re stabbing.
Arafinwë: YES?!?
do we have any indication that finarfin was the family conflict mender? because his thing seems to be avoiding conflicts, not settling them: he trades tirion for alqualondë, he doesn't show up to the council of finwë - and after that, it's not him who reaches out to fingolfin, it's fingolfin who seeks him out. even during the Flight, his attempt to calm down the Noldor is futile and is only mentioned, without any real consequences. He doesn't confront Feanor directly after the Doom (at least it's not mentioned), and his return is his first proactive action, where he chooses something that conflicts directly with both of his brothers and it bears real consequences.
Besides, if Shibboleth implies Finarfin is the youngest child of Finwe, it doesn't really make sense for him to be the conflict mender (why would anyone listen to a kid?), but it does make sense if he's the one who's let out from the conflict, the one who chooses to step back (alqualondë!!!) and the one who disappears from the narrative (araman!!!)
(not to say that he can't be both conflict mender and conflict avoider; but he seems like the one who avoids confrontations first and tries to settle them whenever he's not given a choice)
@i-did-not-mean-to commissioned me to draw Feanor being sad about people saying mean things about him on the internet, with an optional Nolo trying to comfort him. Now, Nolo is smart enough to not try to get to close to angy Feanor, so he tries talking him out of it instead. It works Extras:
And to IDNMT: Thank you so much for your support and kindness, not only for me, but for so many other people. You are amazing.
pov: ur in finarfin's head
Fingolfin: I always wear this bracelet that says “WWFD”, so that when I’m not sure about a decision, I can look at it and think, “what would Fëanor do?” And then I do the opposite.
Finarfin: …do you, though. Do you do the opposite.
The skies around them roar.
Dragons, Finarfin's mind pounds, and there's a dark, cursed screech behind his back. He locks gazes with his captain. Her face is pale in the sudden flash of fire, her hands clench the horse's reins. There is mute horror in her eyes.
The dragon is closer and closer. Finarfin thinks the ground shakes beneath him.
Deldhineth, he calls. He can feel dragon's hot breath behind. Deldhineth. Take them to safety. Make sure they stay alive.
Deldhineth looks at him, grips her reins, and nods. Then she straightens and yells a few orders. Finarfin takes a breath.
today on "sad about finarfin" series: everyone expected him to return, but he didn't expect everyone to go on
Nobody wants to build sand castles with bb Finarfin 😩😭😔
