I'll be the Devil's Advocate in this case. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Most people think that Finarfin is a wimp, because compared to his two half-brothers, Fëanor and Fingolfin, he was a wimp. We aren't given concrete reasons as to why exactly he and his people turned back, after the Doom of Mandos was pronounced. The way that it is stated in the Silmarillion, he appears to be turning back out of fear. Since when, in all of human history, have we ever admired any sort of fear?
Honestly, even his sister went to Beleriand. What does that tell you? I'm not being sexist (I'm a girl), but in all those old stories, the male heroes were all mightier than the females, even in the case of the Elves. Now if his sister had enough courage to stick to her guns and go to Middle-earth, why did ickle Finarfie turn back?
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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