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eri-pl · 3 months ago

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So, Vanyar are the good guys, right?

The boring, faultless Elves?

...except that part where Ingwë (that's the Vanyar king, right? I tend to mistake him with the Teleri one) plays matchmaker so that his sister could marry Finwë despite the fact that Finwë has a wife (who is dead but anyway) and we all know how it ended.

Seriously. In one of the alternate tellings of the story, he knows Indis loves Fnwë, he invites Finwë for a visit and tells Indis to go sing on (the mountain? a balcony? anyway somewhere) and Finwë falls in love and this looks very much planned.

Which is just

just

it was even before the Valar said that Finwë can divorce, that this is even a possibility.

Since I learned about that I have a strong hc that many Vanyar are very "letter of the law", "if it's not forbidden, it is ok" kind of persons, while simultanously blaming the Teleri for not going to Aman fast enough and the Noldor for leaving (I'm not even talking murder, just leaving would be enough) and if they got whatever terrible order signed by the Valar, they would do it without question.

#silm #silmarillion #tolkien legendarium #the silmarillion #the silm #tolkien headcanons #vanyar #ingwe #also I'm pretty sure that if after the War of Wrath #instead of being told “stay at Tol Eressea and look sorry”#the returning Noldor would be celebrated in any way #then the Vanyar would throw SUCH A DRAMA about it #but ofc no sane Ainu would do something like this #so no need to make drama #the ex-exiled Noldor were sent to Tol Eressea #the Vanyar were celebrated and what not #Finarfin was awkward #but at least the war was over #also idk why but I hc Pengolodh as very similar kind of guy #ok maybe I know why #because of the things he wrote #or at least copied from Rumil?#is there a canon about which ethnicity was Rumil? probably a Noldo but idk #also Finrod is part-Vanya but he is totally not Like That #I'm not sure about others #Finrod is random and insane at times but he's not this kind of jerk I assume #yea let's mention Finrod in every post #I like him #rambling in tags

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