And to be clear, in case it wasn’t obvious, I’m a feanorian fan, specifically a Maedhros fan, but it’s startling to me how quick a lot of his fans are to excuse his actions. They aren’t excusable. MAYBE Alqualonde can be attributed to to naïveté, but he knew what he was doing in doriath and in the sirions, “he was in despair” no shit! That’s the point! He lost hope and began directing his oath toward his kin instead of Morgoth, it’s tragic and awful. He does deeds of surpassing valor and downward spirals into deeds of horrific evil. I’ve said this before with almost every male character I’ve ever liked: if you’re going to like a character, LIKE THE CHARACTWR! Don’t change the character around to become a more acceptable or palatable character that bares no resemblance to the ACTUAL character. By the end of the silm, Maedhros is a monster. A tragic one? Yes. A sympathetic one? I think so. But he’s a monster, and he tormented Elwing and he is responsible for her brothers deaths and her fathers death and the deaths of those at Alqualonde, I don’t think you have to ignore that in order to like this character
