Skill + magic
Jan. 26th, 2021 06:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adepslanaeYou know how "curu" means skill, but earlier on it meant also:
Root "KUR" = “have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally, skill, *[ᴹ√] craft”
Saruman is still called Curumo in Quenya and Curunír in Sindarin.
And also curuvar means "wizard" in Quenya, whereas curuni means "witch".
Now, Fëanor's inventions are generally based on skill that falls into the realm of (elven) Science, but things like far-seeing stones and the Silmarils could have more of a magicky element to them.
Canonically, Fëanor made the Silmarils with his "lore", "power" and "subtle craft". A certain degree of magic could definitely feature both in lore and power (power of words and all that) and I guess in subtle craft, too, especially the "subtle" part.
So why can't we have Fëanor and sons as actual witches? And yes I do mean witches not wizards, with all the (human) connotations the term has, and also in terms of like, gender shenanigans (esp. in the case of Curufin or things like:
Numenorean scholar: sons of a witch (pejorative)
Random human: oh you mean their mother was a witch?
Numenorean scholar: no no, their father was
*Confusion ensues through the centuries*)
Idk, I feel it would be possible to come up with something pretty phenomenal from this sort of premise - both wild AUs and overall canon compliant stories - if fandom weren't so busy depicting the Fëanorians as weepy repentant wimps who are so weak in the face of any enemy (eyeroll).
Fëanor burning out of his body could mean so much more.
Q. noun. skill, *[ᴱQ.] magic, *wizardry
@@@ more accurately what men would might “magic”, but to the Elves including what is to them ordinary skills such as mental communication and powers of foresight
Saruman is still called Curumo in Quenya and Curunír in Sindarin.
And also curuvar means "wizard" in Quenya, whereas curuni means "witch".
Now, Fëanor's inventions are generally based on skill that falls into the realm of (elven) Science, but things like far-seeing stones and the Silmarils could have more of a magicky element to them.
Canonically, Fëanor made the Silmarils with his "lore", "power" and "subtle craft". A certain degree of magic could definitely feature both in lore and power (power of words and all that) and I guess in subtle craft, too, especially the "subtle" part.
So why can't we have Fëanor and sons as actual witches? And yes I do mean witches not wizards, with all the (human) connotations the term has, and also in terms of like, gender shenanigans (esp. in the case of Curufin or things like:
Numenorean scholar: sons of a witch (pejorative)
Random human: oh you mean their mother was a witch?
Numenorean scholar: no no, their father was
*Confusion ensues through the centuries*)
Idk, I feel it would be possible to come up with something pretty phenomenal from this sort of premise - both wild AUs and overall canon compliant stories - if fandom weren't so busy depicting the Fëanorians as weepy repentant wimps who are so weak in the face of any enemy (eyeroll).
Fëanor burning out of his body could mean so much more.
Or maybe Tevildo was none other than witch!Curufin or witch!Celegorm but human chroniclers ended up making a mess of the story (I've never read the Tevildo tale so idk actually if this could work).
Maglor may be singing his sorrow to the wind but that's just one huge spell that will have people miss the good ol' days with Sauron.
Etc.