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So I was browsing around the LOTR character-pages on here (I am a huge fan of all of Tolkien's writings) and came across the fact that Feanor has a lower tier than Fingolfi. Feanor is listed as High 7-A, while Fingolfin is listed as At Least 6-C.
This does not make sense, as word-of-god from Tolkien confirmed Feanor, multiple times, as the most powerful of all the Elves ever to live. Fingolfin himself regarded his brother as superior to him. If Fingolfin is at least Tier 6-C, then Feanor should scale to be the same level.
Feanor's page right here on Vs Battles does say the following in his description: "He was considered the greatest of the Eldar in arts and lore and the most powerful among them' but also the proudest and most self-willed." "Lore," of course, includes Magic. Moreover, here is a direct quote from the Silmarillion by Tolkien: "For Fëanor was made the mightiest in all parts of body and mind: in valour, in endurance, in beauty, in understanding, in skill, in strength and subtlety alike: of all the Children of Iluvatar..."-- Silmarillion, Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor. This means Feanor was established in the Silmarillion as literally the strongest non-Godly being (not Valar, Maiar, or whatever Ungoliant was) of all time in the entire verse.
Of course, the community may disagree with me, in that case I'll drop this, but I think it seems pretty valid myself.
Edit: On further consideration I've realized the issue here may be Fingolfin's tier, rather than Feanor's. See my first post below.
This does not make sense, as word-of-god from Tolkien confirmed Feanor, multiple times, as the most powerful of all the Elves ever to live. Fingolfin himself regarded his brother as superior to him. If Fingolfin is at least Tier 6-C, then Feanor should scale to be the same level.
Feanor's page right here on Vs Battles does say the following in his description: "He was considered the greatest of the Eldar in arts and lore and the most powerful among them' but also the proudest and most self-willed." "Lore," of course, includes Magic. Moreover, here is a direct quote from the Silmarillion by Tolkien: "For Fëanor was made the mightiest in all parts of body and mind: in valour, in endurance, in beauty, in understanding, in skill, in strength and subtlety alike: of all the Children of Iluvatar..."-- Silmarillion, Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor. This means Feanor was established in the Silmarillion as literally the strongest non-Godly being (not Valar, Maiar, or whatever Ungoliant was) of all time in the entire verse.
Of course, the community may disagree with me, in that case I'll drop this, but I think it seems pretty valid myself.
Edit: On further consideration I've realized the issue here may be Fingolfin's tier, rather than Feanor's. See my first post below.