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Feanor basically telling Melkor to GTFO and slamming the door in his face is if not one of the bravest things anyone has ever done in the history of Arda

Fingolfin is easily my favorite character in The Silmarillion. My favorite passage involving him is far in the future, but this chapter definitely laid a strong foundation for a great Elf.

The fact that it is the light of the trees that is to be preserved instead of stars or sea given the push-pull relationship emphasized until now seemed curious to me. But it also makes me wonder how glorious those forests were. I remember passing the part of her hair in my first pass and snickered about Gimli being superior to this master craftsmen. If only he knew. I'm not sure he would have ever given up the bragging rights. I admire Fingolfin and Finarfin also for 'taking the high road' when their brother obviously received preferential attention from their father instead of letting that fuel jealousy. I also need to thank you for enlightening us to the further expanded universe. Also, featuring guests as you have is one of the most ingenious and impressive inclusion of talent and method of promoting fellow creators. I think others should take a page from your book if only for the amusement factor alone. You also manage to put in the most stunning artwork with every installment. I am in love with the shield work and waves on the Celeborn portrait. And the perspective on the Kinslaying one is breathtaking. The detailing on The Hunt is also insanely impressive. Color me envious. No pun intended.

Love this!!!! ..Fingolfin & Tulkus are my freaking heroes Absolute love the scenes between Fingolfin & Feanor..

Absolutely loving your channel. As a first time reader of the Silmarillion I greatly appreciate all of the context and analysis your videos provide for each chapter.

Thanks again for not placing adds every few minutes!

First Timer users ... prepare yourself for well Tradgy if I were to say it kindly. Excellent video dude, I was just tackling one video a day so I don't overwhelm myself with information. Now I have to wait for the weekly grind ... algoods quality takes time. I read the Silmarillion this year without this guide ( used others) got to say newcomers will have a raw deal using this as a companion. But also revisiting these events makes you think DAMN that's what actually happened, or subtly of Tolkien writing that's hard to decipher in first reads and look at it objectively.

Well done this series is great! Many thanks to the recommendation from @InDeepGeek 🥳 I look forward to future collaborations between the two of you 🤞

For me, this era of Arda is the most heartbreaking. I wonder, was it all Melkor’s doing? Could there have ever been a similar conflict with the Noldor and the Valar without him? I suppose it was all fated as mentioned below... Sad times.

Well done Dan.

Thanks dan. And Robert and nerd of the rings

13:09 - other reader did an extra emphasis on the "half-brother..." by pausing first, but Robbert read it well as it is written that way

So deliciously narrated! I love the voices!

"And he shut the doors of his house in the face of the mightiest of all the dwellers in Eä" -I have a feeling this isn't going to end well 😆 Thanks again for these videos!

Feanor, who had asked thrice for just a single strand of Galadriel’s hair, was denied each time. However Gimli, a mere dwarf, asked only once and was given three strands of hair. Gimli then preserves the hair in a jewel that he passes down as a heirloom. I’d say it’s safe to assume that this jewel was just as, or even more beautiful, than the Silmarills

i love the fact that the 3 of my favorite Tolkien presenters all voice here :) you all 3 should do a Silmarillion read

Question: Since Melkor has a part of all knowledge of the Valar, would that imply that ALL of his knowledge was incomplete, and perhaps even substantially less in any single category, overall, than most of the Valar, even though powerful and still beyond even Maiar?

It says it's been 3 months since the last video posted. Do you know when the next chapter will be posted? I'm on I think ch21, the one with Turin. Still working thru it but I've been waiting for your videos to catch up because they help me so much. I think I asked several months back and new videos have been added since but the channel isn't yet caught up to where I've stopped in the book.

Epic.

When varda says "no mortal flesh" does she mean the coming edain/men? Kinda weird that she feels the need to add that or maybe I'm reading too into this, great video by the way.

First time reading but I still see Feanor as redeemable here, he turns Melkor away, albeit for the wrong reasons but he still turns him down. I just hope his father speaks some sense into him! It’s almost like his father doesn’t care.

Melkor out on parole 😂

I hated finwe all along for his enabling Feanor. Bad parent