Eruanneth_Luin · 10 October 2005 · Chapter 1: The Two Messengers
It was simply lovely how you wove them together, Finarfin and his distant kinsman, Eärendil. Both driven by a need to heal a breach and rescue the despairing. Valar and Eldar hearing the fateful words brought by one with the mingled blood of elf and man and Maia, represented in a single being those beloved of Ilúvatar. The idea that it took time to prepare for the war is probably a much overlooked point, but considering the lack of need for Aman to need a well-trained and armed military force ready to be dispatched at a moment’s notice, entirely valid. Oft times we wish to deny our deepest fears and misgivings, but should prepare nonetheless. And most appallingly sad it will be for Arafinwë to learn that one son would never return. Another moving tale.
Author's reply
I read somewhere that it took 10 years to prepare the Army of Light before they left Aman for Endor. I think that Finarfin was grossly overlooked by his father when he was alive, so Finarfin probably had some internalization of emotions going on in life from the beginning. I could see him quietly enduring his father's favoratism toward the other two sons and primarily toward Feanor, his self-imposed exile and then death and the betrayal Finarfin must have felt when his children accepted the curse and left. I think he would have tried to be strong at the news from Earendil, but it definitely would have crushed him for a time. Imagine what an amazingly strong woman Earwen must have been to support and sustain him though all he has had to face. Thanks for reading and reviewing! Ellie