I was afraid I might be overdoing it a little--I have become so steeped in their story that foreshadowing can be almost instinctive, sometimes. Fingon is still very young here (although I'm no good at exact calculations of elven age).
I felt this was another rather sneaky use of the prompt. At any rate, it wasn't meant to imply disapproval of Feanor's trips of exploration as such, although I'm not sure that isn't what Tolkien is getting at, here. On the other hand, I think "abode seldom in one place for long" has to be an exaggeration or only refer to phases of particular restlessness, don't you? Unless Feanor had a really superlative portable forge.
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Date: 2013-04-06 10:15 am (UTC)Fingon is still very young here (although I'm no good at exact calculations of elven age).
I felt this was another rather sneaky use of the prompt. At any rate, it wasn't meant to imply disapproval of Feanor's trips of exploration as such, although I'm not sure that isn't what Tolkien is getting at, here. On the other hand, I think "abode seldom in one place for long" has to be an exaggeration or only refer to phases of particular restlessness, don't you? Unless Feanor had a really superlative portable forge.