Subject: I blame his mother.
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Posted on: 2017-10-21 19:31:00 UTC

She set a bad example, being all proud and aloof (until she got old and crazy and decided running off into the wilderness after her dumb kid was a great idea, for which I don't blame T). She never taught him how to deal with other people properly.

"Túrin, why are you watching your little sister like that? It's creepy. Just go play with her."

"Túrin, why are you hanging around old Sador so much? Surely there are kids your own age to interact with somewhere in this holding? Go socialize!"

"Túrin, I know you don't want to leave home, and neither do I, but sometimes we have to bow to wisdom and do what's best for others rather than please ourselves."

Right?

Re. Khîm and Mîm, I get the impression from CoH that Mîm turned traitor because he got jealous of the friendship of Túrin and Beleg. Speaking of which, I'm not sure what T ever did to deserve Beleg. Was he so pretty that Beleg fell for him, too? That just about explains it.

Maybe if he'd realized that Finduilas' feelings for him were the reason Gwindor cooled toward him, and made more intelligent decisions about Gwindor's advice. I mean, probably not, because he's a headstrong idiot, but maybe.

Will have to do more research into Ard-galen/Anfauglith, I guess. I do wonder what differences there are between CoH and the Silm.

I wonder if Tolkien didn't like Túrin so much as Túrin's story, which is a classical-feeling Oedipus Rex sort of tragedy with a dash of Romeo & Juliet thrown in at the end. And T did slay a dragon. Not too many people can say that.

Tolkien also really liked Beren & Lúthien, who have a much better (if still tragic) story.

Do Elves like depressing stories, or are these actually the least depressing from a really terrible Age?

~Neshomeh, rambling.

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