#miriel (some versions where she's one of the impetuses for going to aman. leaves her for dead as well.)

[shrikeseams]

You know that one quote about Feanor having brief intense passions for various crafts/projects and then getting distracted and not quite leaving them finished?

I think he got that from Finwe. Except for Finwe it's interpersonal relationships.

(Please know that I don't necessarily meant that this is an inherently negative trait. I know I tend to follow a similar pattern, as does my dad, and it's not a major problem, in no small part because we're not immortal elf kings struggling with a degree of inherent incompatibility with our culture's mores around marriage etc etc.)

#tolkien #san shoots the breeze #allegedly intense relationships finwe had and did wild things for and then abandoned: #elwe (followed orome with him but later left him for lost and dead) (arguably most permissable under the circumstances) #miriel (some versions where she's one of the impetuses for going to aman. leaves her for dead as well.) #indis (he challenged cultural and religious orthodoxy for her but then he--you guessed it!-- abandoned her.) #i think it would also make sense for him to treat his kids in a similar way #where he's super engaged and supportive while you're in front of him and have his attention #but the kids can't trust him to follow through without a lot of reminders and follow-ups #in which case feanor gets the most attention because he's the most willing to seek it out. he's the squeaky wheel. #(indis's kids learn early that her attention is steadier and more reliable. they get tired of chasing after finwe. #especially when it means competing with feanor.) #...actually this could have interesting implications for finwe's politics if I take it as a true character trait. Hm!