What I hate the most about Fëanorian apologia is how the onus is always put on the victims who suffered from the Fëanorians. The Fëanorians are never held accountable for their crimes.
“Olwë and the Teleri should’ve just heard out Fëanor and handed over their ships to the Noldor.”
“Fëanor should’ve respected Olwë’s refusal and found another way to get to Beleriand, instead of slaughtering the Teleri and stealing their ships.”
“Thingol overreacted to the First Kinslaying, and he should’ve just trusted the Fëanorians.”
“The Fëanorians should’ve shown more respect to Thingol and actually apologized for slaughtering Thingol’s kindred in Alqualondë.”
“Thingol should’ve put aside his grievances and joined the Union of Maedhros.”
“Maedhros should’ve apologized to Thingol for Celegorm and Curufin trying to abduct Lúthien if he was serious about having an alliance with Doriath.”
“Dior could’ve avoided the Second Kinslaying by handing over the Silmaril.”
“Regardless of the Silmaril, the Fëanorians were wrong to attack a severely-weakened kingdom and murder innocent people— including leaving six-year-olds in the woods to die.”
“Elwing could’ve avoided the Third Kinslaying by giving up the Silmaril.”
“The Fëanorians should’ve waited for Eärendil to return so that both parties could resolve this civilly, instead of jumping straight to slaughtering a settlement of refugees.”
“The Fëanorians were right to commit mass-murder because property rights are more important than people’s lives.”
“The Fëanorians were so obsessed with getting the Silmarils back that they prioritized those jewels over innocent people, and their victims have every right to hate and mistrust them.”
Why is there so much victim-blaming??? Why are they being blamed for the choices of Fëanor and his sons???
Regardless of who the Silmaril belongs to, the Sons of Fëanor always had a choice to do what’s right. They were never forced to commit mass-murder, they deliberately made the choice to commit mass-murder. If they’d treated the Sindar with a bit more grace and respect, perhaps they could’ve come to some kind of solution together. If they’d taken responsibility for their crimes and made proper amends, perhaps the Sindar would’ve been a bit more willing to ally with them.
They don’t do any of that. They expect the Sindar to just blindly respect them when they haven’t done anything to earn it. And then they wonder why most of the Sindar hate their guts.
All of the consequences the Fëanorians face are ultimately on them. Not their victims.
So please, let’s just tone down the victim-blaming already.
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