Fingolfin's Death - Suicide? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nikkolas · 07-05-2014, 11:10 PM

It was not on this forum but another Tolkien board that I found via Google back wheN i first read The Silmarillion. One of the things that got me to read The Sil in the first place was the high praise I had heard from people about how awesome Fingolfin was. But this other board I mentioned, people were none too sympathetic or appreciative. According to them Fingolfin was a fool who charged needlessly to certain death when it would have been better if he had lived. Their argument was that he knew who and what Morgoth was and that challenging him was certainly going to end in his own death and thus he was an idiot for doing it.

What are your thoughts on the last battle of Fingolfin? Heroic and brave or just desperate and sad?

07-05-2014, 11:10 PM	#1
Nikkolas Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 55	Fingolfin's Death - Suicide? It was not on this forum but another Tolkien board that I found via Google back wheN i first read The Silmarillion. One of the things that got me to read The Sil in the first place was the high praise I had heard from people about how awesome Fingolfin was. But this other board I mentioned, people were none too sympathetic or appreciative. According to them Fingolfin was a fool who charged needlessly to certain death when it would have been better if he had lived. Their argument was that he knew who and what Morgoth was and that challenging him was certainly going to end in his own death and thus he was an idiot for doing it. What are your thoughts on the last battle of Fingolfin? Heroic and brave or just desperate and sad?