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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 8804618" data-attributes="member: 42856">That's depending on the chronology used. In the show, we see that she's very affected by her brother's death (why not, as elves aren't incapable of feelings) and she spent time after that looking for Sauron... for a undetermined time, but it seems long (she's chastized by Gil-Galad for not dropping it after everyone else has dropped it). In Tolkien's chronology, Finrod dies in 465 FA, so he's been dead for 1600 years (if we're mid-SA) or 3300 years (if we're toward the end of SA). Sure, I know that it's very sad and it takes time to overcome grief. However it sounds... a bit long if we take into account the timespan and her already wise character. One wise enough to... not take part immediately in the War of Wrath after Finrod's death, when a "breakdown" would be the most expected.The grief and rage (she's wishing to keep Adar alive so he can see each and every of his children being killed before him, that's... capital E evil hatred) would be very fitting for a human character who lost her brother in a war and spent 10 years non-stop chasing the person responsible. It would be more credible to me and I'd buy it readily. Or Geraldiniel, Arondir's cousin, placed in the same predicament, if an elf is needed for the cool action scenes.Edit: looking for Finrod's date of death online, I noticed that he was allowed to be reborn in Valinor soon after his death and got reunited with his girlfriend who didn't follow him in Middle Earth. This piece of information makes Galadriel's decision NOT to go west as bidded by the High King a very tragic decision, since she unknowingly refuses to go to the Undying Land out of fear that she'd lose the grief that is her drive... and it is true that she'd lose it, since she'd be reunited with her brother and she'd have an early happy ending.</blockquote>

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