[[ ooc: obviously nothing quantifiable in canon, but /gestures at
Maedhros and Maglor, and in fact, all the brothers. Look you don't get that
sort of loyalty if you were a tyrant or abusive (and I get very irritated
with fics that portray him that way). And it is implied that in the
beginning anyway, Nerdanel and he were very much in love (I mean seven kids
yo), so he must have been nice to her, at least. All seven brothers are
raised to be the best of their whatever profession, which implies a father
who was concerned with making sure his kids got the very best education he
could get them, even if they didn't share his particular interests (and
then he has a very obvious favourite, but well Feanor is very much the
opposite of perfect). Mae & Mags are clearly good foster parents,
considering how Elrond & Elros turned out, and yes, obvious we don't know
how long the E's were actually with them but 'at least a few years' is a
pretty safe bet, and they'd only have had their own parents to model, so
Feanor can't have been THAT bad a father. Even Curufin SOMEHOW managed to
raise a son with enough backbone to go SCREW YOU DAD YOU ARE WRONG and
Daddy's Favourite almost certainly emulated his own father in his
parenting. Is Feanor an Asshole? Absolutely yes. But I really honestly
don't think he was cruel, or without redeeming features. ]]
Maglor winces. "To you perhaps. But my family's track record with the
Ainur has not been particularly good or favourable. I am as pleased
to avoid him as he must almost certainly be to avoid me!"
Re: SHOW ME ONE KIND THING HE EVER DID. SERIOUSLY. EVEN ONE.
[[ ooc: obviously nothing quantifiable in canon, but /gestures at Maedhros and Maglor, and in fact, all the brothers. Look you don't get that sort of loyalty if you were a tyrant or abusive (and I get very irritated with fics that portray him that way). And it is implied that in the beginning anyway, Nerdanel and he were very much in love (I mean seven kids yo), so he must have been nice to her, at least. All seven brothers are raised to be the best of their whatever profession, which implies a father who was concerned with making sure his kids got the very best education he could get them, even if they didn't share his particular interests (and then he has a very obvious favourite, but well Feanor is very much the opposite of perfect). Mae & Mags are clearly good foster parents, considering how Elrond & Elros turned out, and yes, obvious we don't know how long the E's were actually with them but 'at least a few years' is a pretty safe bet, and they'd only have had their own parents to model, so Feanor can't have been THAT bad a father. Even Curufin SOMEHOW managed to raise a son with enough backbone to go SCREW YOU DAD YOU ARE WRONG and Daddy's Favourite almost certainly emulated his own father in his parenting. Is Feanor an Asshole? Absolutely yes. But I really honestly don't think he was cruel, or without redeeming features. ]]
Maglor winces. "To you perhaps. But my family's track record with the Ainur has not been particularly good or favourable. I am as pleased to avoid him as he must almost certainly be to avoid me!"