TOLKIEN AU☆ ELROND as a descendant of CELEGORM [through Dior]
Elros is all wild tumbles, dirt on his palms and dark hair mussed with knots. He’s vivacious with a toothy grin and a quick wit. But it’s the other twin, Elrond, that puzzles Maglor.
Elrond is a quiet fire with the same metal-grey eyes as his brother. But while Elros’s hair is a dark chestnut, Elrond has a head of silver-hot hair - smooth strands that pool over his shoulders. The other differences between the twins are miniscule, the sharpness of Elrond’s features compared to Elros’s softer smile or the downturn of the mouth that sets the twins apart.
In mood, they seem alike - Elrond is no sullen child by any means but the realisation barrels into Maglor when the twins smile at him. The way Elrond smiles, as good-hearted as he seems, as if he’s baring his teeth and the smile doesn’t reach his feline-like eyes.
A smile that he once saw in his younger brother who was all ferocious grins and furrowed brows - his younger brother who had hair that seemed to capture the white fire of stars.
Not long after, when Maglor slams his hands on Maedhros’s desk and relays his concerns, the story seems to make so much sense.
Celegorm’s attachment to the Princess of Doriath, the shocked look on their younger brother’s face when his eyes were glazed over with death and Dior Eluchíl lay bleeding just out of arm’s reach and the pure spirit that Elrond possesses - that scorching fire and the will to survive and to fight and to struggle against it all.
And for the first time in 500 years, Maedhros loses his composure and swears.
i’ve seen a lot of stuff about celegorm being conflicted over rejecting the valar because of his friendship with orome so here are my two cents. curufin doesn’t approve of him reminiscing for obvious reasons
Sometimes it’s fascinating to me what people consider to be an unfair/black-and-white/extreme interpretation of a character.
Specifically in this case, my interpretation of Feanor is basically that he is a clinical narcissist. Full-on Narcissistic Personality Disorder, if the Silm were in the modern day his kids would be some of the top posters on r/raisedbynarcissists. He absolutely treats his kids as extensions of himself, that’s classic narcissistic behavior and frankly depressingly common. It’s not an extreme or unrealistic interpretation, it’s something that happens all the time in real life.
Look at the symptoms the Mayo clinic lists, Feanor basically exhibits every single one of them:
Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Have a sense of entitlement and require constant, excessive admiration
Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerate achievements and talents
Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believe they are superior and can only associate with equally special people
Monopolize conversations and belittle or look down on people they perceive as inferior
Expect special favors and unquestioning compliance with their expectations
Take advantage of others to get what they want
Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Be envious of others and believe others envy them
Behave in an arrogant or haughty manner, coming across as conceited, boastful and pretentious
Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office
At the same time, people with narcissistic personality disorder have trouble handling anything they perceive as criticism, and they can:
Become impatient or angry when they don’t receive special treatment
Have significant interpersonal problems and easily feel slighted
React with rage or contempt and try to belittle the other person to make themselves appear superior
Have difficulty regulating emotions and behavior
Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change
Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection
Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, vulnerability and humiliation
Like, yes Feanor was actually extraordinary and talented and etc., but he clearly did not have the slightest ounce of humility or self-awareness about his own limitations. People throw around “good” and “evil” like those are categories you can meaningfully sort whole people into but I’m not arguing for either, just saying that Feanor was terminally self-absorbed and suffered from a crippling case of Main Character Syndrome.
Do I think his childhood/Finwe’s parenting (or lack of) had something to do with it? Sure, but by the time he was an adult, married, and considering having children he should have gotten his shit together. You can’t tell me Valinor doesn’t have therapy (hi Este!) or that none of the elves who were born at Cuvienen and/or made The Great Journey lost parents.
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