#Losgar

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Why did feanor burn the ships if he brought with him only those he trusted? Could he not have left them docked and never sent them back? Could it be it was his eldest son he feared would disobey his orders? Could it be Maitimo’s very question, which ships and rowers shall we send back first, that pushed him over the line?

[kai-janik-art]

Then Maedhros alone stood aside (2024)

Mixed Media

(watercolour, ink, coloured pencil, gouache, procreate)

[busymagpie]

During the burning of the ships

( basically a companion piece to this one )

[viv-hollande]

While Fëanor definitely has worse crimes, I still think the crime I am angriest about is the burning of the ships of Losgar. It is the perfect combination of meaninglessness and hypocrisy and I will never forgive him for it.

The first aspect of this crime is the meaninglessness. Abandoning Fingolfin's company does nothing but create problems where none previously existed. Fingolfin, to my recollection, had no actual intention of overthrowing Fëanor, and Fëanor's convictions to the contrary are simply his own paranoid delusions. Fingolfin's company represents more than half of the host of the rebelling Noldor, and to abandon is simply folly. Perhaps it is a warning sign that the eldest and wisest son of Fëanor argued against such an action.

In addition to the meaninglessness of the move, there is also the hypocrisy. The Teleri specifically tell Fëanor that their ships are to them what the Silmarils are to him. Fëanor is presented here with the best opportunity to recognize that he has gone too far in the pursuit of the Silmarils, yet he refuses to take it. The Teleri specifically tell him that the Swan Ships are their greatest creations. "But as for our White Ships; those you gave us not. We learned not that craft from the Noldor, but from the Lords of the Sea; and the white timbers we wrought from our own hands, and the white sails were woven by our wives and our daughters. Therefore we will neither give them nor sell them for any league or friendship. For I say to you, Fëanor son of Finwë, these are to us as are the gems of the Noldor: the make of our hearts, whose like we shall not make again."

For Fëanor, greatest craftsman of the Noldor who knows more than any other what it is to have one's treasured creations stolen, to steal from another a work of craftsmanship unparalleled in their own history, is a crime incomparable in both its cruelty and it's hypocrisy. And as though theft were not enough, Fëanor proceeded to destroy these creations which could not be replicated again, even by their original creators. It is desecration and hypocrisy of the highest order. We know how Fëanor reacted to the theft of his own greatest creations; imagine how he would react to their destruction.

In short, fuck Fëanor, he deserved everything that came his way, and I hope his sons suffer in his stead.

I'm kidding. I know that they are Doomed by the Narrative, but I want Maedhros and Maglor to be happy at least.

They probably won't be.

Because I keep torturing them.

Please forgive any spelling errors, I am very drunk.

[tolkienillustrations]

Losgar by Ted Nasmith

[aotearoa20]

Feanor: okay, let’s hear the arguments. We left Fingolfin and his followers behind by the Helacarxë. Tall son thinks we should go back for him because…

Maedhros: He might be in real and extreme danger?

Feanor : Bu t have you considered that (sighs) He’s a prick, pretty ginger, A massive fucking prick.

Maedhros: Wait, who are we talking about again

Feanor : (lighting a match) Valar, it’s tricky….

[mossy-thing]

Originally posted on my side blog @evil-crayon , 17.11.24

I have nearly filled up an entire sketchbook in the past months and I haven't posted any of it whoops.

So have a redraw of sorts!

[thistlesandstories]

We might guess that the ships were as important to the Teleri as the Silmarils were to Fëanor. You are bound to love the creation you put so much effort, time and a piece of your soul into. It is a sad image of Fëanor burning the ships that were once so lovingly cherished, and with them he killed the Teleri once again.

[evil-crayon]

I have nearly filled up an entire sketchbook in the past months and I haven't posted any of it whoops.

So have a redraw of sorts!

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Somewhat suspect that the host of Nolofinwë who (barring Fingon) did nothing to treat with Olwë or obtain the swanships subsequently get pissed off at the Sons of Feanor for leaving them behind. If you relinquish Fëanáro as your king, then you also relinquish Fëanáro’s resources. Most elves in the Silmarillion are actually the same level of asshole.

[violecov]

I would love to see Curvo in #6 ! :)

Curufin 6 regretting immediately the ship burning.

He was definitely okey with it, but now that it has been done, something feels odd.

[alexandra-scribbles]

If I had been Fëanor, I would have made sure that every Noldor that got to Beleriand got into the boats. Every single one of them. Not only it would have made them all complicit into the kinslaying… but imagine how different everything would have gone in Beleriand if all the Noldor could have been held accountable for that one. Like, there would have been no moral superiority to stand on. Imagine the whole host of the Noldor trying to hide the fact that the kinslaying ever happened. Like… that would have been wild af.