Oh, yeah, "the banner of Gondor" or "the banner of Rohan" would also serve as a visual marker of location, in a multi-national force without a king at its head. People might not know the general's name, but the standard is easy to remember!
Poor Maedhros. I like to imagine that he did write some poems, at least early on. Probably for and/or about Fingon! But he never shared them, because the downside of having the greatest bard of the Noldor as a little brother is that his idea of inferior and unpolished poetry is unrealistic, and he's too proud to let inferior poems out into the world with his name attached. (He destroyed them all just before the Second Kinslaying, because he wouldn't let Fingon be associated with the decision he'd made.)
Love the theory of his inheriting Miriel's depression! Not sure he was ever fully aware of it, since he never met Miriel; it would probably depend on whether/how much she was talked about in the family. And sometimes I think he fought it a bit too hard. :D If not stopping became a habit, it would explain some of his later decisions.
I rather wonder if Feanor didn't have it, as well, and part of his... *gestures* his intensity and the initial basis of his paranoia was that he was fighting it. If you Do All The Things, you can't be depressed, right? But it's easy to suspect that things aren't this hard for your siblings, that they have some kind of advantage over you (and one that's specifically a result of their birth, if he suspects Miriel is the source). A fertile field for Melkor to plant seeds of doubt in!
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Date: 2020-07-19 09:22 pm (UTC)Poor Maedhros. I like to imagine that he did write some poems, at least early on.
Probably for and/or about Fingon!But he never shared them, because the downside of having the greatest bard of the Noldor as a little brother is that his idea of inferior and unpolished poetry is unrealistic, and he's too proud to let inferior poems out into the world with his name attached. (He destroyed them all just before the Second Kinslaying, because he wouldn't let Fingon be associated with the decision he'd made.)Love the theory of his inheriting Miriel's depression! Not sure he was ever fully aware of it, since he never met Miriel; it would probably depend on whether/how much she was talked about in the family. And sometimes I think he fought it a bit too hard. :D If not stopping became a habit, it would explain some of his later decisions.
I rather wonder if Feanor didn't have it, as well, and part of his... *gestures* his intensity and the initial basis of his paranoia was that he was fighting it. If you Do All The Things, you can't be depressed, right? But it's easy to suspect that things aren't this hard for your siblings, that they have some kind of advantage over you (and one that's specifically a result of their birth, if he suspects Miriel is the source). A fertile field for Melkor to plant seeds of doubt in!