#there's something in the contrast between the original trees being living creatures and turgon's imitations being made of silver and gold

[aregebidan]

the aredhel and maeglin chapter is preoccupied with Movement and Containment to the point that it's stifling to read and it is so real for that

#the way maeglin's most notable exercise of agency in the chapter is suggesting to aredhel that they run away #and then they leave For Gondolin and maeglin's just. completely silent for the whole arrival and trial—even when he's explicitly addressed— #becoming a passive witness. becoming a vehicle for the curse of mandos if i read the part right. #thereafter he stood silent and watchful!! whenever he and his mother leave gondolin they get written into some kind of captivity #there's something in the contrast between the original trees being living creatures and turgon's imitations being made of silver and gold #+ idril celebrindal SILVERFOOT...the unbearable solidity of gondolin the city hidden in stone that was meant to be named for the water #aredhel is always finding ways out of places: gondolin the haunted mountains eol's house #her son tries to imitate her only to get caught in new and special and infinitely worse ways #tbd #silmarillion #aredhel #maeglin