Posted: March 28, 2000 at 19:08:20: by Tar-Elenion
: I read THE SILMARILLION for the first time in 1977. For twenty years I believed Gil-galad was the son of Fingon (and wondered why he didn't become High King of the Noldor before Turgon). When Christopher explained the error, everything made sense. Gil-galad as Fingon's son stands out like a sore thumb when you try to figure out how the Noldor passed the High Kingship around.
I never saw it 'stand out like a sore thumb'. It seemed rather obvious why the High Kingship passed from Fingolfin to Fingon to Turgon to Gil-galad (though he was the son of Fingon). For the same reason Maedhros said Fingolfin should be High King. The High Kingship of the Noldor passed to the eldest eligible scion of the House.
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