#beren aint innocent here either like how why does he want his gf to go back to her dad that locked her up

[lime-bucket]

Before reading the Luthien & Beren chapter i was bracing myself to be angry (or disapointed) at celegorm & pretty much any male charcter beside beren.unexpectedly i finshed it being livid towards her family

& u might think oh yeah thingol was an asshole fr what he done. But no. Im talking about that fucking melian

Up to that point,the story never shut up about how wiiiiise she is & how the queen can perceives things to come & shit like that

& YET SHE SAW NO PROBLEM WITH LOCKING HER DAUGHTER UP?? Like honest to eru how melian didnt had the tiniest of forsight that wont end in nothing short than a disaster

But again what did we expect from a character whose first interaction with future spouse is locked into a looong staring context

Further whats seems upsetting about luthiens home situation is the princess dynamics with her subjects or should i say the lack of it.like the story seems to implies she spend her time w/e any friends or at least an entourage,the only non royal elf that enteracts with her is the bard that snitch on her twice cuz he got butthurt hes friendzoned.

& tho ik the servants who built that tree house to imprison luthien cant be blamed as they were under orders to it sure didnt made me feel sad towards them when the elves grieved for their princesses absense.

Or rather, they seem to miss her dances & songs.. ik im paraphrasing here

Like idk it makes u wonder if luthien rlly did embark on that dangerous quest to get the silmarils only to be with beren or was there a desire somewhere in her to get out from a place where it seems shes perceived & treated as a treasure for her unique heritage.

For the fact luthien never returned to Doriath upon ber fathers violent death where her people would have needed her the most refuses to leave my head