#fingon is more like one king among many than a king exerting authority over his subjects - and maybe that doesn’t earn the extra fin | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

erynalasse · 2 years

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Imagine if Fingon followed the example of his father and his uncle and tacked an extra fin(wë) onto his name when he became king

If Finwë-Nolofinwë becomes Fin/golfin? Well, Finwë-Findekáno doesn’t sound horrible, but oh boy… Finfingon sounds ridiculous. No wonder he didn’t go for it.

#my post #tolkien #silmarillion #fingon #actually there’s a lot of more interesting explanations for it #the name finwë is no longer synonymous with kingship for one #the noldor have been through enough kings to not care about naming conventions #for example orodreth didn’t have a fin anywhere near his name and neither did turgon #or the fact that fingon had already been using his sindarin name for centuries #also don’t forget the political implications of choosing a name based on quenya naming conventions which surely makes thingol shit a brick #or what’s even more interesting #is the implication that only HIGH kings get this extra finwë #finrod whips it out for his father (who’s never spoken a word of sindarin in his life) to make him finarfin #who is high king back in valinor #fingolfin is a king over other kings of finwë’s house #and after his death everything splinters apart much more badly #fingon is more like one king among many than a king exerting authority over his subjects - and maybe that doesn’t earn the extra fin #I dunno take your pick!#also hm this is funny #usually the shitpost stuff goes in the tags and the serious analysis in the text #but I did a flippity flopper

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