also, on the topic of things that Tolkien does that make me cry:
Celebrimbor, when he heard that Sauron was coming into Eregion, didn’t flee. He didn’t grab all the Important Shit and run. He barred the doors of the Mírdain, drew his sword, and stood right in front of them awaiting the assault. Ready to die, probably convinced he was going to die, because he knew what happened the last time someone in his family did this.
Blood runs deep. I’m sure Finwë, wherever he was, felt nothing but pride.
Remember when he was trading the cache for the fort and he was Eleanor’s insurance? While he’s locked up, they show him reading a red book, which- what other book would he bother carrying during the invasion day? Sure, maybe he grabbed it because he wanted something to keep him occupied while locked up, or maybe after Miranda, he carried with him because if he was going to die, he wanted to die with the last piece of Thomas he had
on the one hand, yes of course that’s meditations he’s reading. on the other… that means that it’s canon that this is the face he makes while watching it burn:
Meg's Mumbles 
