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Poor Thingol, such beauty about him and he feels it is pointless, because he cannot cling to Luthien without losing her.

Such a counterpoint between the richness of the descriptions and the memories of his loss.

Thank you! I admit I came up with the concept for this not remembering that Thingol dies before Luthien (which is kind of wild and ironic??) but I also take at face value that, after returning to Doriath and healing Thingol's grief, she and Beren really do disappear and don't see them again so she's essentially gone (uuuh except the battle of Sarn Athrad which makes Beren a lot more active and alive than the conclusion to B&L suggests, but anyway... just thinking aloud!). It's pretty tragic actually, akin to grieving someone with a terminal illness, which is almost worse 😥.