Would it be alright if I axed this entry? Saying that the reasonable thing to do was to put property rights over the preservation of the two trees doesn't seem very reasonable, and it ignores a lot of the context: Refusing to give up the Silmarils was a case of Motive Decay, since Fëanor made the Silmarils as a way to preserve the light of the trees; and that Fëanor killed the Teleri for using the same reasoning regarding giving him their ships, showing that Fëanor didn't even believe in it as some kind of overriding ideal, he was just rationalizing his own greed.
Informed Wrongness: The titular jewels, the Silmarils were made by and for Fëanor, no one else. He's portrayed as wrong and greedy for not sharing them, which he actually has no obligation to do as they're ultimately his property. In the event that he were to die and not come back, they would pass to his sons. While The Oath of Fëanor was definitely a blasphemous and foolhardy act. It's ultimately just stating "The Jewels are ours and you will give them to us."
Would it be alright if I axed this entry? Saying that the reasonable thing to do was to put property rights over the preservation of the two trees doesn't seem very reasonable, and it ignores a lot of the context: Refusing to give up the Silmarils was a case of Motive Decay, since Fëanor made the Silmarils as a way to preserve the light of the trees; and that Fëanor killed the Teleri for using the same reasoning regarding giving him their ships, showing that Fëanor didn't even believe in it as some kind of overriding ideal, he was just rationalizing his own greed.
- Informed Wrongness: The titular jewels, the Silmarils were made by and for Fëanor, no one else. He's portrayed as wrong and greedy for not sharing them, which he actually has no obligation to do as they're ultimately his property. In the event that he were to die and not come back, they would pass to his sons. While The Oath of Fëanor was definitely a blasphemous and foolhardy act. It's ultimately just stating "The Jewels are ours and you will give them to us."
Nach jeder Ebbe kommt die Flut.