02-21-2003, 10:39 PM | #161 |
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Luthien wasn't a maia, she was half Maia and half Elven.
If Thingol wasn't the worst Elven king ever, who was?
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02-22-2003, 12:29 AM | #162 |
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My vote goes to Feanor. Leading nine tenths of your people into exile and directly against the will of the Valar for personal revenge, slaughtering your kindred, and then charging a batch of Balrogs single-handed seems like pretty poor kingship to me.'
Willow: I know what you mean. I love the name Elwe!
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02-22-2003, 10:02 AM | #163 |
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Has to be Feanor for reasons stated above.
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02-22-2003, 11:10 AM | #164 |
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As for the one worse than Elwe... It'd definetly have to be Feanor, I've never liked him much and there isn't really anything about him to like. However, I don't actually like Thingol all that much either, (even if I have been defending him.) Finrod was a much better king than he or any of the others ever were (Except possibly Gil-Galad, but if you believe the sources that have him as Finrod's grandnephew that makes sense.)
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02-25-2003, 10:21 AM | #169 |
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I'd like to change, my vote if I may to Finwe, who has barely been mentioned.
He bravely stood up against Morgoth and the great darkness that came, and he agreed to stay in Mandos forever, so that Miriel could re-gain her life, but she just sodded off to Vaire's house anway. He also loved Feanor, my first choice, a lot and had blue-grey eyes, which sounds pretty cool. |
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Gil-Galad was pretty impressive.
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Thingol was a bad father, and a racist. He didn't like Beren because he was a Man. Although, if I was a Elf and a father, I wouldn't want my daughter to marry a Man either. I would hope she would find a nice Elf to marry. And make cute Elf grandbabies. Bit of a difference between being a bad father and a bad king. Finrod Felegund was the best king. |
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'EVERYONE' is a racist in Middle-earth. Have you ever heard anyone saying 'The poor Orcs, they're just misunderstood'?
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And if I remember correctly, Elrond didn't want Arwen to marry a man unless he was king of both Gondor and Arnor.
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the point of that story was that thingol didnt think it was possible for him to get the simaril-elrond didnt expect, i think, aragorn to go and become king(or if he did he was trying to get estel to carry out his potential, because he knew he cood do better that just help boring ppl with boring problems!!)
bot daddies gave away their most prosed possessions, and realised that at the time, hence why they asked the men to do damn near impossible fings(course berens was a lot better than that of aragorn-but he had the help of luthien, a half maia!!)
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the point of that story was that thingol didnt think it was possible for him to get the simaril-elrond didnt expect, i think, aragorn to go and become king(or if he did he was trying to get estel to carry out his potential, because he knew he cood do better that just help boring ppl with boring problems!!)
both daddies gave away their most prized possessions, and realised that at the time, hence why they asked the men to do damn near impossible fings(course berens was a lot better than that of aragorn-but he had the help of luthien, a half maia!!)
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i am in agreement-feanor sucks-he was such a bad leader!does anyone think that gil-galad was pretty good?he helped get rid of sauron, and made good alliances with men...maybe he didnt fight against morgoth, but he was pretty darn good!
feanor is a loser!!
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However, Thingol had nothing but disdain for Beren and scorned him. He gave him an impossible task because it was better than telling him "No, there's no way your going to marry my daughter." When Beren lost his hand and helped hunt down the wolf with Thingol, he gained Thingol's respect and shamed Thingol for asking such an impossible task. |
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Gil-galad was a great leader, you bet! Unfortunately the Silvan Elves that came to fight Sauron were so independent that they wouldn't be ruled by Gil-galad. So, yeah, he was a great ruler... but not so great that he could convince the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood to follow his lead. Too bad for them. I think it was only about 1/3 of those that went into battle that actually returned to Mirkwood after the battle the others died in battle. Mirkwood suffered great casualties, but it was their own fault. |
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I like Turgon best. He made a mistake for not fleeing the city, but he loved and respected his people. Most Elves in the city probably would not be willing to leave, and Turgon did not want to force them. He found the valley and brought his people there to keep them safe from the evil outside, to let them live in peace. I have always seen Turgon as the type of king that would know the name of every person in the city, or sit down in the middle of the road and play a game with a group of kids. Someone who truely knew his peoples hearts, and minds.
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