Richol Richards
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So, I had this thought after finally catching up on the last half of the 2-11 session: What if the Lamps were a 'failed' experiment? The reason I even have this idea in the first place is the hosts mentioned something along the lines of Fëanor regarding the Lamps with a sort of disdain, so he let these 'castoffs' be available to the public.
What if the disdain was more than disdain? Is it possible Fëanor, ignited/consumed by his achievement with the Silmarils, secretly tried to best even those? Except the attempt failed and they ended up being far lesser things. Of course, I'm not sure what could top the Light of the Trees as a source...maybe he had a Melkoresque moment and tried to do something on 'his own' that would surpass or at least equal the best Valinor had to offer? And it all just sort of...backfired.
Of course the Lamps are by no means inferior creations...Fëanor's pride might have just been terribly wounded over the fact that they didn't turn out the way he wanted them to. But no one knows a thing about this. Maybe it could even lend private meaning and even a hint of pain(?) behind Fëanor's words when he later tells the Valar there is some deed one could accomplish just once only, and that never again could he make anything like the Silmarils. He would know this, because he *actually* tried. Just a thought I was playing around with; feel free to make any corrections!
What if the disdain was more than disdain? Is it possible Fëanor, ignited/consumed by his achievement with the Silmarils, secretly tried to best even those? Except the attempt failed and they ended up being far lesser things. Of course, I'm not sure what could top the Light of the Trees as a source...maybe he had a Melkoresque moment and tried to do something on 'his own' that would surpass or at least equal the best Valinor had to offer? And it all just sort of...backfired.
Of course the Lamps are by no means inferior creations...Fëanor's pride might have just been terribly wounded over the fact that they didn't turn out the way he wanted them to. But no one knows a thing about this. Maybe it could even lend private meaning and even a hint of pain(?) behind Fëanor's words when he later tells the Valar there is some deed one could accomplish just once only, and that never again could he make anything like the Silmarils. He would know this, because he *actually* tried. Just a thought I was playing around with; feel free to make any corrections!
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