So Fëanor being possessive (and not even like, extraordinarily possessive, just normally possessive, they're HIS things, he can choose to show them off or not) is seen as this awful thing, this original sin, if you will, but the Valar not sharing the light (and indeed raising the mountains after the departure of the Noldor) isn't at all. The Valar deserve questioning on this point. Their isolationism and their acceptance of Morgoth's harm causes so much to go wrong. I'd far rather be on the side of those who fought, even if they were doomed, than hide away in splendid isolation and ignore the suffering world.
A lot of the canon-divergent AUs I've written (and a lot of those my friend Memaizaka has written too) make a point of what the Fëanorians do with the Silmarils, once won back. Sunndach (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4741559) defiantly notes: "the Silmaril glinted on top of the highest peak in the mountains of Himring like a beacon – or a star – and was a challenge to Angband and its denizens. It was almost as much of a provocation to all other inhabitants of Beleriand." And of course not even just to Beleriand, but to the Valar as well.
In my Fire In a Flask (http://archiveofourown.org/works/5832067) (mixing my philosophy with my porn as I do!), I have Fëanor talk about his desires for the Silmarilli, long before they are created: "It is my hope that I will one day understand the intricacies of light itself, that I may put light into a vessel, yes, even the light of the Trees! This," - he gestured, taking in the forest around them and their journey to it - "is but the practice, the beginning. [...] Or perhaps I will one day travel to Middle-earth, and there say to Elwë, 'Behold! I am the son of your friend who loved you, and in my hand I bring to you Light! My gift to you is the Light of the Two Trees themselves, a gift to be shared with all in Middle-earth and not as the Valar would wish it, kept for Aman alone.'" I genuinely think Fëanor was concerned about this issue, and that he intended to travel back to Middle-earth before the Darkening. It puts a much better spin on things than him just being greedy and possessive -- I honestly don't think he was, it doesn't match up with the rest of his character as we see it. Slander and lies against the Fëanorians, what else is new. :)
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Date: 2017-03-17 12:49 pm (UTC)A lot of the canon-divergent AUs I've written (and a lot of those my friend Memaizaka has written too) make a point of what the Fëanorians do with the Silmarils, once won back. Sunndach (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4741559) defiantly notes: "the Silmaril glinted on top of the highest peak in the mountains of Himring like a beacon – or a star – and was a challenge to Angband and its denizens. It was almost as much of a provocation to all other inhabitants of Beleriand." And of course not even just to Beleriand, but to the Valar as well.
In my Fire In a Flask (http://archiveofourown.org/works/5832067) (mixing my philosophy with my porn as I do!), I have Fëanor talk about his desires for the Silmarilli, long before they are created: "It is my hope that I will one day understand the intricacies of light itself, that I may put light into a vessel, yes, even the light of the Trees! This," - he gestured, taking in the forest around them and their journey to it - "is but the practice, the beginning. [...] Or perhaps I will one day travel to Middle-earth, and there say to Elwë, 'Behold! I am the son of your friend who loved you, and in my hand I bring to you Light! My gift to you is the Light of the Two Trees themselves, a gift to be shared with all in Middle-earth and not as the Valar would wish it, kept for Aman alone.'" I genuinely think Fëanor was concerned about this issue, and that he intended to travel back to Middle-earth before the Darkening. It puts a much better spin on things than him just being greedy and possessive -- I honestly don't think he was, it doesn't match up with the rest of his character as we see it. Slander and lies against the Fëanorians, what else is new. :)