Maedhros
favorite thing about them
iâve talked about this before, but even when heâs lost all hope he keeps on going. he keeps trying to do the right thing even when he doesnât believe he can. no matter what he goes through heâs determined to continue - right up until he just Canât anymore.
least favorite thing about them
the second and third kinslayings really get me - itâs so hard for me to justify, especially the third. i love love love Maedhros, but that amount of slaughter of innocent people for only a jewel... i try to understand through the lens of the Oath but god. i canât blame anyone (characters or real people) who hate the feanorians for that.
favorite line
âA king is he that can hold his own, or else his title is vain.â like - heâs talking about Thingol here, but heâs also talking about himself, having just yielded the crown to Fingolfin. oof.
brOTP
Maedhros & Maglor!!! Maedhros & all his brothers!! Maedhros & Fingolfin!! Maedhros & various OCs! and I have a LOT of feelings about Maedhros & Turgon, but thatâs definitely much more antagonistic, lol.
OTP
Maedhros x Fingon ...iâm predictable but theyâre just. SO good,, the original silm OTP
nOTP
Maedhros x Maglor ... i get the appeal, and iâm not even judging the incest per se, it just..the dynamic of Maglor always being a follower and kind of the desperation that breeds within him and the way iâve seen Mae portrayed as controlling or abusive in Mae x Mags content squicks me out. itâs just not my thing.
random headcanon
after being reborn without his scars and with a new hand, Maedhros feels weirdly incomplete without those marks of the person he became in Middle-earth, so he starts to paint his skin in gold where his wounds once were to remind himself of that part of his life.
unpopular opinion
i think he and Feanor had a very close and loving relationship, which makes Feanorâs betrayal at the burning of the ships and Maedhrosâ complicated feelings about surrendering the crown even juicier - I donât think Feanor would ever disown Maedhros, even for his relationship with Fingon (though he would certainly not be happy about that!), because he loved his eldest son so much - and Maedhros clearly loved his father, too
song i associate with them
âI See Fire,â weirdly enough. also âKintsugiâ by Gabrielle Aplin, though thatâs a little too upbeat. and âEastâ by Sleeping At Last. and âUlyssesâ by Adele McAllister @everywindintheriverâ, specifically these lines:
And I am become a name for always roaming with a burning soulAnd I have fought both demons and the godsBut that was then, and now I am old
I wish I could lay down beside youWhen the end of days comes rushing in            (end comes rushing in)Like a mighty wind           (like a mighty wind)
though really i just associate that entire song with the Silm!
favorite picture of them
god i have an entire sideblog (saving a url) where iâve just been saving my favorite Mae fanart, thinking maybe iâll make a Mae-centric blog like i did a leg-centric blog at @obliviouslegâ , but weâll see... letâs go with the pic that was my icon until recently, this art by @princess-faelivrinâ ! though really EVERY maedhros art is my favorite !
