Comment on Narn i Chin Hurin Characters by elontirien
I dunno, I guess coldness is one interpretation, but in reading Children of Hurin, I didn't find them cold at all, especially Beleg. The lengths to which he goes for his friend show the opposite of a cold person, to me. Cold would imply detachment, and he seems to be plenty attached.
I agree 100%. I'm assuming what the person meant by 'cold' is...collected? Reserved? Eh. But then when you think about it, most of the Elves in the Silmarillion are pretty hot-blooded.
They really are very hot-blooded. And I mean, their personalities are open to interpretation, but it always seemed to me that the just "cold and reserved" version is kind of a boring choice for how to see them. XD
Not that I blame the movies, but...I blame the movies. 
Haha, I sort of do too. XD Though I also think that the elves still alive in the third age have cooled down a lot, and gained a certain degree of detachment that the hot-blooded, relatively young elves of the first age have had. Even ones like Beleg, who weren't young at all, hadn't seen and survived the things that the ones still alive in the third age had, and lived during the time when elves were still the dominant people and the holders of destiny, if you will. The third age elves are, I think, already beginning to diminish and detach from Middle-earth, and hand its leadership over to men. So I partially blame the movies, and partially blame people who assume that all elves were always like the ones in the third age.
You have no idea how much I enjoyed reading this comment from you. Wonderfully put!
Good point! I never thought of it that way; it makes a lot of sense. The wars of the third age weren't really theirs.
And I guess that's what makes the first age texts so great; readers get to see them when they're most passionate and involved.
And I guess that's what makes the first age texts so great; readers get to see them when they're most passionate and involved.
I know, that's why I love the first age texts and characters so much. 