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I'm glad you do, but Crablor's been getting on his brothers' nerves lately,,,

You're asking me? I'm... just an artist 👉👈

I mean, they are the catalyst for a lot of the conflicts in the first age. I think part of the fascination is because they're nastier and edgier compared to other elves in Tolkien's legendarium.

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I think we have to murder Peter Jackson now , see WB what you make us do !

Feanorian lineups are apparently a rite of passage for silm artists, so

said whooooooo

said who

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can we have the spiel

Completely disorganized thoughts: there's a lot of unfavorable interpretations of Maglor here, but hey you asked.

1. Maglor might be the nicest and mildest-tempered but I don't think that makes him the "token good" son of Feanor, nice≠good.

2. I don't see his adoption of the twins as an alturistic descison. I think he mostly did it to alleviate his own guilt over the 3rd kinslaying as well as the death of the Ambarussa, not to say that he didn't grow to love them but I won't give him redemption points for that.

3. For one with the "mightiest voice" , it's really ironic that he couldn't get his brothers in line the way Maedhros could, and that he couldn't persuade Maedhros to surrender to Eonwe at the end. This also ties to Maglor's feelings on Maedhros' abdication : Despite being a competent ruler during Maedhros' absence, he willingly gave the crown back to Maedhros when he returned, only for him to hand it to Nolofinwe (a descision he would've made with or without his brothers' unanimous approval) without consulting Maglor, which unwittingly reinforced the idea of Maglor as the lesser and weaker elder brother. This had to have caused some friction between M/M, not that Maglor would ever voice them out loud and add to Maedhros' burdens.

4. I believe his constant use of song for evil acts weakened the strength/power of his voice over the course of the First Age.

5. Maglor's wife is never mentioned or brought up in any meaningful way, these is most likely another instance of the Feanorians erasing their women out of history for their "unfaithfulness", Maglor is no better than his brothers in this aspect either.

6. This is where I admit I might be reading too much into things, but Maglor being the one to slay Uldor is quite noteworthy to me. It could've been Maedhros who was leading them, or Caranthir who first trusted him, or even either Celegorm or Curufin who had a huge distaste for the Secondborn after what happened with Beren. But it was Maglor specifically. Is he playing into the role of being Maedhros' right hand by being his executioner too?

Anyway, love your art, will be promptly on a reblog spree <3 love artists in the lotr fandom!

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