*submitting bc the world needs to know about ant-burning Eärendil*
@ratashionista submitted:
So, about the very interesting Ancalagon discussion and how on Earth you redirect the Silmaril’s light to cause enough damage to kill him…
I’d like to point out that Beren’s hand held the Silmaril and the Silmaril alone, whereas it must’ve been mounted on something for Eärendil to be able to wear it on his forehead (my only copy of the Silmarillion is a print copy in Spanish so please excuse the lack of quotes). If the Valar had a hand in making the bling wearable, maybe they made it with the specific purpose to turn it into a weapon, and the setting has the property to sort of convey the Silmaril’s power like a laser.
Alternatively, if the omni-directional evil-blasting power of the Silmaril was indeed a thing that could not be contained or directed, maybe they were battling too high in the air for it to affect any other creature than Ancalagon.
That, or Eärendil used to burn ants with a magnifying glass as a child and found a pretty cool new use for the SIlmaril XD
One one hand, you are right about them being too high being a wonderful excuse for the Silmaril light working against Ancalagon but not affecting the armies down below
Eärendil’s deadly magnifying glass
