#its day 5 of working on this and maitimo feels like an alien word now

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the weight of a name - part 1

summary: names are a sacred thing, but the memory of angband is a pervasive grime that sticks to the mind. maedhros recalls a name of old that he can no longer bring himself to be referred to..

content warning for heavy scarring, slight language 

a bit darker than my usual content, so big apologies in advance 🙇‍♀️ this is quite an old comic i had sitting about from May, and given i was a bit busier this weekend i worked on this on the side instead of answering asks (business as usual as soon as i can!). i was studying Maria Llovet’s comic style when I was working on this so if you’ve ever read Luna and notice some stylistic similarities that’s it!! 

i have several further thoughts on this so that’ll be under the cut for ramblings lol

- naming seems like a really big deal among the eldar given how much time and love Tolkien put into it! so personally I think each and every one of the names they give their children/themselves are very very sacred 

- so after angband, I’ve always headcanoned Maedhros as refusing to be referred to as ‘Maitimo’ anymore. Nelyafinwe is bearable, Nelyo still used by his brothers, and Russandol becomes more commonplace- but never Maitimo. And so in this case Fingon, who has always called him Maitimo since they were kids and is a creature of habit, learns why

- i also think Melkor (in this particular comic) places an emphasis on using Maedhros’ mother name idk maybe because Feanor went by his mother name? a petty, spiteful kinda thing. he seems like a really petty guy. 

- the concept of Melkor taking Maedhros’ mother name from his identity is... idk how to put it, but perhaps its both in a physical and psychological sense? ofc, there’s the whole idea of Maedhros being unable to stomach hearing ‘Maitimo’ anymore which is the obvious answer, but also... hear me out here... what if Melkor had a little book of names he’s taken from people? which sounds silly but subsequently ‘binds’ that little bit of them to him, so long as it isnt destroyed. maybe sauron’s black magic is involved.... ueh i think im kinda going off the rails here, but i am BOLLOCKS at explaining so if you need me to be more coherent feel free to hmu whenever 

- anyways ive been thinking way too much abt this for now, so i really wanna do a part 2 featuring Rog(er) and his funny name in the future, maybe! idk when but head empty... for now! 👻

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