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Published: 2017-06-04 14:38:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 6954; Favourites: 313; Downloads: 107
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This is my major project for my first semester in art school. We were asked to come up for a brief and pretend the lecturer is the art director. I was very fortunate to be approached by during that time asking to use some of my other pieces and I thought hey why not get an actual brief from an actual client lol. He asked for a piece depicting Feanor after the first Kinslaying, and I decided to go for the no remorse route ( or at least no outward remorse route). Feanor as we all know is a really prideful, strong minded elf, so much so that he literally burst into flames when he died like his spirit was that. Fiery. So maybe in his private moments he deeply regretted the hole he has dug everyone into but in the public eye at least I would think he held his head up high despite the massacre and starting a trend for Kinslaying.Related content
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wow...Feanor, truly in character and in your work is truly beautiful and noble. Yes, I think, repentance came to him (according to Tolkien) just before his death. If it was remorse at all, given the fact that he again took the Oath from his sons, even knowing that it was impossible.
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Thank you! Yeah I agree that guy died holding strong to his spite XD
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I would say that it was not Gothmog who killed him. He simply bursted with anger.Β
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Lol that's absolutely fantastic he died by spite XD Well you're not wrong he came out of the womb literally bursting in flames of spite and that's how he went too XD
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well, no, no, Feanor was not evil by nature, just violently hot-tempered. And very passionate.Β Β
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haha hence seven kids (ok i shall stop that thread of thought there XD )
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naturally as a consequence ...Β
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It's an excellent picture, and I really like it. It's the written description I take issue with.
Genocide is the intentional, systematic, slaughter of an ethnic or racial group.
Having a pitched battle because you tried to steal some ships, and the sailors started drowning you, and you tried -and failed- to defend your self until your brother came to your rescue is NOT genocide. Thievery is wrong but not genocide. Defending your property is not genocide, though you may argue against the use of deadly force. Defending yourself from being drowned is not genocide.
If you want someone who did attempt genocide, look at Aragorn and Eomer. They did mount a campaign to kill out all the orcs. It was intentional and systematic. And since orcs breed the same way we do, that included the infants and children.Β
Alqualonde was terrible, but it was not genocide. Referring to it as such minimizes actual acts of genocide (some of which still continue today.) It also perpetuates misconceptions regarding what genocide means and what acts constitute genocide. Over use and misunderstanding cause people, seeing that term used in media, to ignore it and the implications.
Genocide does not mean 'horrible thing done to someone'. It means 'an act so horrible a new word had to be created to describe it.' It took the deaths of eleven million people, (fourteen if you count the Russian soldiers trapped in a barren peninsula with no food) and an attempt to kill out three! different ethnic groups, as well as anyone who did not conform to the 'ideal' to create that word in the most awful and dehumanizing ways..
Please do not use 'genocide' to describe a theft gone wrong. Use it to truly describe the horror it was created to represent.
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Fair enough, thanks for correcting me
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Your welcome! And I really do like the picture!
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Oh no I totally get you like I'm pretty ashamed I made that error cuz it isn't like the topic is unfamiliar to me too like I used to do extensive research on stuff like that so it was like oh man that was dumb > < And if I were you I'll probably have said the same thing to me too XD
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I'm glad you understood. Some people get really upset when I point it out, so I'm really happy this went well.
I also used to research this. It's kind of personal because 3 of my four grandparents were Holocaust Survivors. My maternal grandfather was deported in '37 and spent the entire war in different camps. His mother and two brothers were killed, and even now we still don't know what happened to his father.
I did a whole bunch of collages about the Holocaust and all the different badges. It actually connected me to a lot of different groups. I met some JHVH Witnesses when I looked into the purple triangle. I learned more about the Gay community when I researched pink triangles. And so on.
The center piece was a collage of children from all the different acts of genocide in the past hundred years. There were a lot more than I realized, and the numbers are staggering. But when you look at those children's faces, that's where you see the real horror.
That's probably why the misuse of the term bothers me so much.
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Oh nah you should keep on correcting people I mean this is a fact not an opinion. Yeah my uni used to invite holocaust survivors to come and talk about their experiences every year and I've never missed one which was kind of why I was like. Oh jeez. I kind of guessed from your tone it is a personal history related thing so definitely thanks for correcting me > <
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Wow! This is absolutly amazing! Such great work 
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Wow! Absolutely gorgeous! I love this depiction of Feanor - amazing expression. And that armor is breathtaking - the gold and the detailing - ....I'm literally speechless. Beautiful work!Β
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Absolutely gorgeous!! He does look so proud and strong and undaunted. (But for some reason my first thought was Fingolfin... I guess it's the calm and resolute look.) Great work! That armour is to die for!!!
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Haha I have someone else mistaken him for Finrod but I guess that's the unnerving thing about people like Feanor who believes so resolutely in themselves that people are swept up by the moment and one Oath later realised whelp we did not think this through XD
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And he never had one moment of doubt or regret or remorse. That's how frightening such obsession is.Β
It is interesting to portray characters different than how the rest of the fandom sees them. I tend to stick to canon/fanon, but I always like seeing your take on characters. Your Maedhros is in my view just perfect. And your fierce Thranduil was delicious!Β
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Aw thank you I'm happy that people like my Maedhros, I admit it isn't the most conventional look but its nice to know people who are canon-loyal like it too
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gorgeous pic!
I actually thought it was Finrod Felagund since he looks so brave and calm...I was way off...
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Haha oh dear does he look brave and noble lol but then again what I love about the Feanorions is that objectively what they've done makes them very squarely evil yet they are not depicted that way. But thank you again
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well...it's a very unique family...
Feanor though I don't think he was ever portrayed as good...he was always the odd bird...
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Haha that they are. I think with Feanor he was rebelling against the Valar and you kind of have to agree they are a bit stuck up but he could have done without the genocidal oaths and all
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yeah...
but then he wouldn't be as interesting...
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Lol that is also very true and along with interesting an emotional roller coaster for the readers haha
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I shudder to think whatΒ Feanor would be if he was written today...there was some very bad hints about him that Tolkien never explored...
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There were a lot of bad hints about a lot of characters that Tolkien only implied cuz if he didn't there will be at least a hundred books lol XD
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This is stunning!
The details on his armour are amazing.
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