I think the damnation is in the interpretation, rather than what the actual text is saying. Is it contradicting the text? No. But it's certainly not the most imaginative or charitable one. And certainly not well-rooted in the context in which the story is written.
Honestly, this is one of the issues with reading something absent from the text as being absent from the world it tells us about. It's akin to saying Aragorn wears no arguments because Tolkien never tells us about them. The interpretation you're drawing here surrounding Arwen isn't ... wrong per...
Something that might help is this:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n08je9kFuHMPZqzEAfkahFQ-yqHFQlSrh6UrdFom9Ok/edit?usp=drivesdk
We've been building up synopses for seasons and episodes in the "Show Bible" for some years now.
It's by no means complete, but @Arnorion has been doing great work...
At this time, the best way to get all the info in a single spot is on the currently under construction website. As of now, most of the data entry tools are working, so we need volunteers to do said data entry. There is quite a bit of it, but it would be nice to get enough of it done to make the...
Sorry, I hadn't updated it for a bit after finishing the last scene because some major rewrite suggestions came up. It's all in there at this time, though there may yet be some change coming down the pike.
I once did a calculation for just the cleaving of the helmet itself. The limiting factor is actually the body of the wearer which wouldn't provide solid enough resistance. This is why in the script, Fingon is on the ground when the blow comes.
Ok, as in the past, I'm putting up a scene list here to help me stay on task here and keep folks updated as to when they might want to review for editing purposes:
Act I - Complete
Scene 1 - Complete
Scene 2 - Complete
Scene 3 - Complete
Scene 4 - Complete
Act II - Complete
Scene 5 - Complete...