I will go on record as saying that this season is the Finrod and Turgon show. They are the primary storylines, as far as I'm concerned. That is where Ulmo is, so it's the most important thing going on this Season
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Thingol and the dwarves are actors in their storylines, so they are part of that, not secondary to it. But any separate dwarf storyline would be secondary.
Galadriel/Celeborn is a secondary storyline this season.
The bad guy storyline is always a secondary one.
And Eöl is a secondary storyline tied to the dwarves this time.
And, well, the Fëanoreans are down to tertiary levels...as is Fingolfin.
But yes, the *primary* story is the conflict between the Sindar and the Noldor as the Noldor establish themselves in Beleriand, and the secondary story is the conflict between the Dwarves and the Petty-dwarves.
I know the Fëanoreans won't be in every episode; I don't expect them to be. I just don't want to drop them like a hot potato the second they move into the east, either. I want to see them throughout the season, see their ongoing tension (particularly as it relates to the Thingol/Noldor storyline and to the dwarf/petty-dwarf storyline). I think we can do that. Let me update my chart to include episode numbers....
Huh. I had to add one more column in to round out 13 episodes. I'm fairly confident we have the right number of episodes for 8-13. What has me stuck is where to place the Feast of Reuniting? I was thinking it should be 3-4, but then I realized that Thingol doesn't even know the Noldor have arrived in Middle Earth, and we've had no contact between the groups. It's going to take a lot to get to the point we need (with Thingol learning of the Noldor, granting kingdoms, and then having the Noldor build those kingdoms). I am now thinking we should push back the feast to Episode 5.