Did Maedhros kill Laughter?

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Of course not. Don't you see? If Lalaith had survived, she'd have tied Glaurung into a knot before going on to single-handedly defeat Morgoth and retrieve the remaining two Silmaril while fending off the futile attacks of the seven sons of Feanor with the other hand, and then... well, I don't know how she could have topped that, but she was just that freaking awesome that Tolkien simply had to kill her off before she could ruin the whole Silmarillion.

Ahem. I think the least you can do is refer to the book by its true title: The Lalaithion.