It's also really rich for an Elf to go on about the sins other races committed in the past, considering Elves drove the Petty-dwarves to extinction by hunting them for sport. And unlike the humans, at least some of the Elves that did that are likely still alive at this point in the timeline. But then, I don't expect these writers to know anything about Middle Earth outside of the Wikipedia summary for the movie trilogies they read about.
Really, the Elves' entire First Age history after Morgoth swipes the Silmarils & helps Ungoliant destroy the Two Trees is nothing to be proud of. They (in particular the Sons of Fëanor and Maeglin) absolutely screw with each other almost as badly as Morgoth screws with them, none of the glorious victories they won early on nor the kingdoms they establish last, and in the end they can't even leave any trace of their glory except a few relics like the Elfstone of Gondolin, because they've been so thoroughly fucked by then that they need the Valar to step in to unfuck things - and they had to sink Beleriand in the process of defeating Morgoth.
Which makes it hilarious when the intro's got Galadriel dropping a very proud and literal 'We resisted' while talking about the Elven response to Morgoth's deeds in Valinor. Complete with the Oath of Fëanor and the Noldor sailing to Middle-earth being shown on screen. Like - would you care to elaborate on what that Oath entailed and its consequences over the next five or so centuries, Guyladriel? Or how the Noldor got all those ships in the first place?
Like - would you care to elaborate on what that Oath entailed and its consequences over the next five or so centuries, Guyladriel? Or how the Noldor got all those ships in the first place?
Tears unnumbered ye shall shed; and the Valar will fence Valinor against you, and shut you out, so that not even the echo of your lamentation shall pass over the mountains. On the House of Fëanor the wrath of the Valar lieth from the West unto the uttermost East, and upon all that will follow them it shall be laid also. Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. To evil end shall all things turn that they begin well; and by treason of kin unto kin, and the fear of treason, shall this come to pass. The Dispossessed shall they be for ever. Ye have spilled the blood of your kindred unrighteously and have stained the land of Aman. For blood ye shall render blood, and beyond Aman ye shall dwell in Death's shadow. For though Eru appointed to you to die not in Eä, and no sickness may assail you, yet slain ye may be, and slain ye shall be: by weapon and by torment and by grief; and your houseless spirits shall come then to Mandos. There long shall ye abide and yearn for your bodies, and find little pity though all whom ye have slain should entreat for you. And those that endure in Middle-earth and come not to Mandos shall grow weary of the world as with a great burden, and shall wane, and become as shadows of regret before the younger race that cometh after. The Valar have spoken.
Caught that too. Pathetic.
It's also really rich for an Elf to go on about the sins other races committed in the past, considering Elves drove the Petty-dwarves to extinction by hunting them for sport. And unlike the humans, at least some of the Elves that did that are likely still alive at this point in the timeline. But then, I don't expect these writers to know anything about Middle Earth outside of the Wikipedia summary for the movie trilogies they read about.
Really, the Elves' entire First Age history after Morgoth swipes the Silmarils & helps Ungoliant destroy the Two Trees is nothing to be proud of. They (in particular the Sons of Fëanor and Maeglin) absolutely screw with each other almost as badly as Morgoth screws with them, none of the glorious victories they won early on nor the kingdoms they establish last, and in the end they can't even leave any trace of their glory except a few relics like the Elfstone of Gondolin, because they've been so thoroughly fucked by then that they need the Valar to step in to unfuck things - and they had to sink Beleriand in the process of defeating Morgoth.
Which makes it hilarious when the intro's got Galadriel dropping a very proud and literal 'We resisted' while talking about the Elven response to Morgoth's deeds in Valinor. Complete with the Oath of Fëanor and the Noldor sailing to Middle-earth being shown on screen. Like - would you care to elaborate on what that Oath entailed and its consequences over the next five or so centuries, Guyladriel? Or how the Noldor got all those ships in the first place?