#and when odysseus says 'what good would killing do when mercy is a skill more of the world could learn to use'

[ladysqueakinpip]

not me lying wide awake at 5:30am on a sunday on my day off bc after almost a full year I finally FINALLY realized the implication of the end of remember them from the cyclops saga

[that-angry-noldo]

bonus! lyrics i associate with them under the cut

Finarfin:

"I'm just a man who's trying to go home - even after all the years away from what I've known"

"Will these actions hunt my dreams - every man I've slain? Is the price I pay - endless pain?"

"What good will killing do, when mercy is a skill more of this world could learn to use?"

Hurin

"oh, bring it on! I'm not dying here, I'm still fighting here! I'm holding on, 'til I see it through, til I've beaten you!"

"I'm just a man who's fighting for his life - deep down I would trade the world to see my son and wife!"

Luthien

"Gibe me sirens and a hydra! Bring me giants and a cyclops! I know life and fate are scary, but I wanna be legendary"

(there are no particular lyrics for her from hermes, she just has his vibes)

Turin

"There are strangers in our house - trying to win the heart of my mum, but she is standing tall..."

"They're getting impatient, dangerous too... And I would fight them if I was half as strong as you!!"

Fingolfin

"Have you forgotten the lessons I thaught you? He's still a threat, until he's dead! Finish it."

"You were reckless, sentimental at best; that's not a teaching of mine."

"One day, you'll hear what I'm saying - one day, you might understand; one day, but not today, for after all, you're just a man."

Finrod

"I know that you're tired of the war and bloodshed; tell me, is this how we're supposed to live? Look at how you grip your sword - enough said! Why should we take when we could give?"

"This life is amazing when you greet it with open arms; I see in your face - there is so much guilt inside your heart... So why not replace it and light up the world, here's how to start: greet the world with open arms, greet the world with open arms."

Melkor:

"Enlighten me, King of Ithaca! Since hunger was far too great, I wonder who'd take the weight of the damned and suffer a gruesome fate to the Thunder Bringer, here to ring your ears until your deaf with fear and spear you while your death is near! Lighting wielder, here to yield your time for you have passed your prime, sublime you for your act of crime!"

Brodda

"This is how they hold us down - till the throne gets colder; hold our down, till we slowly age; hold us down while boy gets bolder, where the hell is our pride and our rage?!"

(the entire "hold them down" to be honest, i'm not typing all of that)