Arwen is about 300 years older than Aragorn.
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sumi - Apr 03, 2012 9:31:35 am PDT #19870 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
-t - Apr 03, 2012 9:45:36 am PDT #19871 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Has he done that on the show and I missed/forgot it?
I can remember a specific scene where he walked out of somewhere singing and the person they were there to capture or whatever just followed him helplessly. Can't remember the details, though.
To be clear, I think I'm supposed to find Bo generally sexy, but I don't. It's a weakness in the show, for me.
I think in the relationships where women have more centuries there's less of a sense that she has accumulated wisdom and guidance to offer her younger consort than when it's older men. Considering the ones I've thought of. With the possible exception of Catherine and the Salvatore bros. I'm not a good judge of what is tragically romantic, I don't think; I can't say whether that, specifically, is different but there are definitely differences.
I have the sense that doors become irresistible but I don't know where I'm getting that from. Like it was a struggle for Sally and Annie each to not go through their doors? I could be remembering that wrong. I'm super annoyed at Being Human in general right now so I'm not thinking too deeply about it.
§ ita § - Apr 03, 2012 9:50:27 am PDT #19872 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I'm supposed to find Bo generally sexy, but I don't
Yeah. I think they cast a pretty, but uncharismatic woman in the role. They'd have been better off, in my estimation going with the latter over the former.
Toddson - Apr 03, 2012 9:51:49 am PDT #19873 of 30001
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Of course, as someone once pointed out, Edward Cullen, after centuries of living, chose to be a high school student.
As they say, that boy's not right.
Consuela - Apr 03, 2012 9:58:29 am PDT #19874 of 30001
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Arwen is about 300 years older than Aragorn
Actually, more like 1800 years older, I think. Lemme check--I have LOTR on my Kindle. Yes, Arwen in born in TA 241, the War of the Ring is in TA 3019. 2700 years older, give or take.
... which is one reason I thought Liv Tyler was so miscast: Arwen calls for serious gravitas, and Tyler ain't got it.
-t - Apr 03, 2012 10:14:27 am PDT #19875 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, they have the tragic romance, right? So there's one.
Typo Boy - Apr 03, 2012 10:34:40 am PDT #19876 of 30001
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Also if we go back to Greek mytholgoy Tithounus is definitely a tragic love story being an immortal goddess/titan and a mortal [link]
sj - Apr 03, 2012 11:58:24 am PDT #19877 of 30001
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OUAT: I just finished watching this weeks episode and I thought Regina's transformation in fairytale land from sweet and innocent to evil was a little too abrupt.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 03, 2012 1:10:07 pm PDT #19878 of 30001
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Is it? That hadn't occurred to me. He's got the irresistible song. I kind of always figured that the sexiness of most artistic representations of sirens was more constructed in the mind of the person hearing the song than a real attribute of the siren.
I don't have my research sources handy, but I seem to recall from Greek mythology that sirens were monstrous harpy-like beings that lured sailors in with their songs to kill and eat them. The victims might have seen them as beautiful women, but I don't think they were supposed to objectively be such. (Of course since manatees are supposedly the basis of the mermaid myths, perhaps one didn't need magic songs OR physical beauty to seem alluring to ancient sailors...)
Morgana - Apr 03, 2012 1:33:50 pm PDT #19879 of 30001
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OUAT: I just finished watching this weeks episode and I thought Regina's transformation in fairytale land from sweet and innocent to evil was a little too abrupt.
Unless you take into consideration the possibility that's she's just nuts. After all, back in fairytale land she was a full-grown adult who knew what her mother was capable of, yet she was unable to withstand Evil Mom. But she's been on this epic revenge quest because of a little girl, who had no idea who Evil Mom was, and had been unable to outwit her.