#getting the only canonical nicknames (aside from the concept of epessë depending on how you view it)

[waitingforsecretsouls]

While the primary view of Maedhros fathername seems to be that it's a dig at Fingolfin, this ignores how the succession is very much not in question until the Valar get involved to banish the heir and the current king goes with him into exile (not to mention that it's exactly this position of Fëanor's which motivates Fingolfin's side of the jealousy). It's not spite to name Maedhros after his legitimate place in the succession. What's more, I find it very likely that, like Fëanor, his fathername might have initially been simply Finwë-the same as Finwë and Fëanor's own fathername ere it was modified later, making "Finwë third" an explicit acknowledgment of the threadline between Finwë, Fëanor and Maedhros that often gets reserved for the Fëanor-Curufin-Celebrimbor triumvirate-and only later changed to Nelyafinwë. But regardless it's still primary a connection to Fëanor's initial fathername and Finwë's name and the commonality between them (the line of succession as well as, I dare say, love and respect).

#silm #maedhros #i know I'm likely not the first to say this but it does irk me #not to start on the same old rant again but not everything the Fëeanorians do is about the Nolofinwëans actually #it's a cute name showing both Fëanor's love for his father as well as pride in the family lineage #the first grandchild and 3rd generation Finwëan! #the Fëanorians as a whole are cute with names #getting the only canonical nicknames (aside from the concept of epessë depending on how you view it) #(given that they otherwise preferred their mn's it's difficult to see another reason for shortforms of their fn's to exist) #and mockingly giving Finrod his famous Felagund (“Mr. badger”) moniker #They DO have that elvish tralala~ factor they DO! Even if it can be a bit mean-spirited... #also speaking to the strength of their friendship with the Dwarves that their nickname got transmitted over them #meaning they definitely used it to talk about Finrod behind his back lol