The Life of Fëanor | Tolkien Explained

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I wish we could see Feanor's face when he saw Galadriel's gift to Gimli.

feanor basically telling melkor "gtfo my house" is pretty funny

Yay, a video on the True High King of the Noldor! One thing I find hilarious is how desperately Melkor and Feanor hate each other despite having parallel stories. Eldest son, jealous of his siblings, restless and driven by the desire to create new things no matter the cost, eventually spiralling into destructive madness out of jealousy and pride.... Maybe they should have started a support group (instead of a multi-generational continent-levelling war).

"Eru Allfather! To the everlasting Darkness doom us if our deed faileth." An Elf doomed indeed. Great video brother!

I cant hate Feanor. Dude was born with a fire so hot in his soul that when he died he literally burned away. The Flame Imperishable represents Illuvitar's gift of free will. It's no wonder why he was so out of control and rebellious. The fact he basically told Morgoth to get off his lawn when he visited him was hilarious to me. Only Feanor could talk to a Valar like that. 😂

Man imagine being in the halls of mandos that early..... like 3 people there.

To be fair to Fëanor, I also wonder why no one ever questioned the Valar complete incompetence in keeping Melkor at bay. In their own land, they allowed the Dark Lord to escape, wander around, destroy the Two Trees and even kill the High King of the Noldor! And they didn't even bother to pursue him!

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Feanor is such a amazing character, he is both arrogant, possesive and brave, the conflict of his character makes me love Tolkien Even more :)

I think my favorite Fëanor act was when he was first like, "Piss off Mandos" being completely unimpressed by his curse, and then tells the herald of the Valar to get fucked, and the dude just bows and gets out of his way as if one fully answered. Eru indeed made only a single elf in the history of the world with the power of Fëanor.

I read The Silmarillion as a teenager and fell in love with all the amazing stories. I tried to get my friends to read it, but no one did. I was quite alone in my appreciation. Now though, all these years later I see that I'm not alone and likely never were. It's enough too bring a tear to my eyes. Thank you for your video and channel.

Feanor was mostly angry at Melkor because he killed his father. That thing alone, in addition to the fact that he stole his jewels as well, turned him to hatred. And while Valar offered Melkor a branch of peace and actually freed him to do whatever he wanted because they believed he would be turned back to Good, first major thing he has done was exactly the opposite. That is why Feanor was so frustrated, all the Gods of Middle Earth were there and basically did nothing to prevent that from happening. No wonder Noldor did not feel safe and wanted to take things into their own hands. The balls

Fëanor is why the actual title of The Silmarillion is “Elves Gone Wild”

That must have been one magnificant speech to persuade Galadriel to march to Middle Earth. Especially after she perceived the darkness within Feanor and refused to give him her hair.

Absolutely thrilling story. And to think, the butterfly effect of Feanor creating the Silmarils progressed naturally into the Lord of the Rings taking place. I love the depth of Tolkien's creation's history; one cohesive storyline (almost) where even the smallest detail has a cause and effect later on, chronologically, in the history. Absolutely love it. Keep up the great work! I feel like Amazon could take EACH of your videos and use them as a showrunner's guide to developing a 5-season-long show. That's how much detail there is and how well you make the story understandable. Great job. #FreeMorgoth

Feanor is that guy who’s really talented but won’t stop bragging about himself, causing everyone to hate him

Hubris, and anger bring down the greatest of the great. How many tears have been shed in response to his decisions.

I hope someday a mini-series can capture the beauty of The Silmarillion. Probably my favorite book of all time.

Now this guy probably has the most fascinating backstory in the history in all of tolkien lore!