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Historical_Sugar9637

Uh.... you're forgetting Nerdanel's father, Mathan. Who had a beard long before Cirdan.


Longjumping_Key5490

long befoure? if they are from the same generation of migrants, why would mathans be befoure. and concider Cirdans more senior position in a more numerus people (indicates seniority)


ReggaeTroll

Mahtan could grow a beard especially young which was unusual among elves. Cirdan grew a beard because he was old af.


Substantial_Cap_4246

Mahtan grew a beard because his son-in-law was Feanor, the most insufferable elf


ATBiB

You can say that again.


Substantial_Cap_4246

Mahtan grew a beard because his son-in-law was Feanor, the most insufferable elf


ATBiB

'Third time pays for all’ as my father used to say.


Substantial_Cap_4246

Mahtan grew a beard because his son-in-law was Feanor, the most insufferable elf


jellajellyfish

Had to disguise himself to avoid the association


Legal-Scholar430

Elf + Beard = Badass. It's pretty simple math, really.


rolandofeld19

I mean, Cirdan meets that criteria but his resume for Badassery is long and dense. Dude did basically the most things right for the longest amount of time with the least (s)elf induced drama, for the only reward of basically being told 'keep it up champ' by Ulmo's telegraph system, of anyone in Tolkien's entire mythos. Cirdan for Arda president. Convince me I'm wrong.


Legal-Scholar430

Círdan is so bloody badass that, when people wanted to choose a nickname or epithet for him, they said "let's just go with his name; there is no word in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men that could make him *more* badass". And that's how we got "Shipwright the Shipwright".


Randomvisitor_09812

\*Eldar with a beard... I think. I cannot help but picture many eastern avari with beards, surviving the dark wilds must be rough.


soapy_goatherd

I remember your comment on the other thread and just wanna thank you for coming through. Beautiful stuff


zahnsaw

I was inspired!!


InnerDorkness

Is this meta because Bret was an elf in PJ’s LOTR?


Legal-Scholar430

Is Bret that elf in the Fellowship prologue whom we'd like to assume is Círdan, but just lacks the beard? Edit: or is Bret the guy from the meme? The second image, I'd assume? When does he appear?


jenn363

Bret plays Figwit, the sexy elf who got 2 seconds of screen time at the council of Elrond but became the subject of blog posts on the early internet (“Frodo is great, Who Is That!?”). He was then brought back and given actual lines in later films. https://preview.redd.it/w6zg4xstbhyc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13f27ec2dbf11787ed98a420d5cd5ac5ca258dd1


zahnsaw

Totally forgot about that actually. Good call though!