I'll start by the last question: who's Gil-galad's dad? I suscribe to the published Silm family tree - Orodreth is Finarfin's son and Gil-galad is Fingon's son - for no better reason than this:
Fingon in sorrow took the lordship of the house of Fingolfin and the kingdom of the Noldor; but his young son Ereinion (who was after named Gil-galad) he sent to the Havens.
I've always found this paragraph very poignant and descriptive as to how Fingon felt after his father's death: perfect Silm style - moving while telling a whole story in two lines. If Orodreth were substituted for Fingon, probably my reaction would be: so what? Fingon's daddyhood adds an additional twist to the M/F story which has generated quite a few very satisfying fics that account for the baby.
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Date: 2014-08-25 01:21 am (UTC)I suscribe to the published Silm family tree - Orodreth is Finarfin's son and Gil-galad is Fingon's son - for no better reason than this:
Fingon in sorrow took the lordship of the house of Fingolfin and the kingdom of the Noldor; but his young son Ereinion (who was after named Gil-galad) he sent to the Havens.
I've always found this paragraph very poignant and descriptive as to how Fingon felt after his father's death: perfect Silm style - moving while telling a whole story in two lines. If Orodreth were substituted for Fingon, probably my reaction would be: so what? Fingon's daddyhood adds an additional twist to the M/F story which has generated quite a few very satisfying fics that account for the baby.