[gil-galad son of plothole]
Valasania's Writing
HEY NEW GIL-GALAD THEORY JUST DROPPED
PirateTaiga
especially relevant to you XD
beachcryptid
[gil-galad son of plothole]
[gil-galad son of plothole]
apple thief 🍎
you know what... i think this might be my favorite yet
beachcryptid
XD
apple thief 🍎
the last comment on it in particular is sending me. imagine feanor raised with secure attachments...
beachcryptid
XD XD XD
delatour
That would indeed say something less than flattering about Finwe's ability to parent
beachcryptid
I mean there's a fic on Ao3 where someone decided to write finwe parenting and feanor using words instead of yelling, and it's called the "Not an Idiot AU"
delatour
Finwe noldoran's a plus parenting really impresses
apple thief 🍎
that's the real fix it au sdjkflkl
beachcryptid
XD
ʝєss
Or is it just that Feanor 2 has less to burn because he already burned literally everything
{TharBG}
headcanon accepted
beachcryptid
wheeze
PirateTaiga
I accept this theory 
but then i do think Fiwe parenting was very very far from stellar
but then i do think Fiwe parenting was very very far from stellar
PirateTaiga
not that Miriel was any better, going with implications of how having a child works for elves, she was even worse
PirateTaiga
"I'd made you but now i changed my mind and i don't really want you. I'd rather be dead them deal with raising you"
PirateTaiga
hell of a message for a kid to.start life with
beachcryptid
yah
beachcryptid
did Finwe try his hardest? yes. Was his hardest any good? er. no.
PirateTaiga
that and general concept of being in the 'undying' lands with very dead parent and seeing general consensus that everyone around is happy...
PirateTaiga
or at least is supposed to be because well Aman
PirateTaiga
not the great environment to process your trauma of being half-orphan
𝕊𝕖𝕒 𝔾𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟
I love this muchly
𝕊𝕖𝕒 𝔾𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟
Both the post and everyone's very savage and correct reads of the Finwe & Muriel situation
apple thief 🍎
YEP. both of them made.... many mistakes. ... I suppose... in their weak defense, there hadn't exactly been a lot of generations of elves yet for anyone to really have a good knowledge base of parenting & childhood trauma and how it affects development and adult psyches...
apple thief 🍎
but i feel like... it should be obvious that maybe certain decisions of theirs were ... not great even without past knowledge to draw on.
beachcryptid
ʝєss
TO BE FAIR if Fëanor was the only motherless child then Finwë was also the only widower
ʝєss
So if Miriel said “on second thought, nah” about her child, she said the same about her husband
ʝєss
So it makes sense they both have an unhealthy relationship based on being the only two people in Aman to actually be experiencing this
ʝєss
I mean Finwë’s other four kids turned out normals-ish--
beachcryptid
"ish" /stares at Nolo-Imma gonna Leeroy Jenkins Ultimate Evil-Finwe
ʝєss
TO BE FAIR that's probably genetic and not down to Finwe's parenting strategies XD
beachcryptid
ʝєss
the similarities between Finwe and Fingolfin's deaths are not subtle XD
delatour
I also strongly wonder if turgon had a death wish.
delatour
Not a Leeroy type, obviously, but something off about the old brain chemistry
PirateTaiga
Finwe at least got a chance for a second wife
PirateTaiga
kind of difficult to get new mom 
ʝєss
delatour
: Turgon is on team Meteor 2020 Just End It
ʝєss
That’s his death wish MO
beachcryptid