the white sox had the worst single season record in modern baseball history in 2024 and this year they made it to the playoffs which is the funniest possible conclusion to this joke
Thus spoke Maedhros and Maglor and Celegorm, Curufin and Caranthir, Amrod and Amras, princes of the Noldor; and many quailed to hear the dread words. For so sworn, good or evil, an oath may not be broken, and it shall pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world's end.
Whenever a celebrity is able to 'overcome' a disability, isn't it curious that the chosen narrative is always 'wow look what disabled people can do if they try hard enough' rather than 'wow look what disabled people can do if they get first class treatment and support'.
it's not a one to one comparison bc the fëanorians knew him as a person in a way fëanor probably didn't know míriel but after his death i do see them idolizing aspects of him (his skill w words, craft etc) while flattening out the ugly reality of his grief/personality
unsure if this makes sense but imo fëanor ends up being to his kids/grandchild(ren) what míriel was to him in that the ideal of him is held up and strived for and defended intensely from outsiders
By the starlit mere of Cuiviénen, Water of Awakening, [the Elves] rose from the sleep of Ilúvatar; and while they dwelt yet silent by Cuiviénen their eyes beheld first of all things the stars of heaven. Therefore they have ever loved the starlight[.]