Okay.

He does.

I - have a hard time fathoming that I have an alt who doesn't grasp it, honestly. What were people saying?

She relays the secondhand memory.

I can stick to facts. By any reasonable definition the House of Fëanor not loyal to the King. They get military orders from the King and ignore them. This doesn't happen more only because the King's decided having the illusion of power is more convenient for everyone involved. People say Fingon lets his cousin fuck him both because it's probably true and because they're aware of the political situation and it's expressive of how they feel about it. People'd stop saying it if the King could actually command the east in any meaningful sense. What's your interest in maintaining the polite fiction of a unified rule?

HIs expression twitches slightly. Does that give you - 

The idea? Yeah. He shakes his head.

Some people. She shakes her head.

It was all people. Everyone you'd ever meet.

Yeah, I can really empathize with Celegorm's "almost everyone is terrible as a general principle" stance.

I cannot say that approach appeals to me.

Maybe, but it makes sense.

Most people are lovely and deserve nice things, including no political power with which to be horribly wrong.

Sure. But when they're being horrible to you, you're not obligated to be more concerned with their feelings than your own.

Well, yes, no one's ever obliged to do anything. If they were then I'd have to judge most people more harshly. And growing up in homophobic societies quite evidently damages me tremendously. It's just very much not in my nature to blame people for hurting each other.

Yeah, that's fair.

I just take over the world and make them stop.

Good plan.

We will certainly see!

That we will.