Yeah. The answer is, that happened in a chapter that did not make it into the short version of the movie. If not for expectation of the long version, there would be no logical basis for assuming they end up together at all -- they should, according to the movie, be complete strangers at the coronation.

But you get extra points for picking up the vibe.

The PTB with the "No Man Can Kill the Guy in the Grim Reaper Suit" clause were funny. How clever.

Oh yeah, laugh now -- when it's you that can't be killed except for by a seagull flying errant across a Los Angeles freeway, and you happen to be on a Los Angeles freeway the day a peregrine falcon is in the mood for some sea-bird for dinner, and the laws of physics take over --

Okay, yeah. That was Fate stuffing the ballot box.

What isn't clever is the rhyming names, because it makes my head go 'splody.

What, you didn't mind Frodo and Meriadoc? Did we mention Frodo's father was named Drogo, and his uncle is Bilbo? I think he had some cousins named Dodo and Bingo and Hojo and Bongo.

(Probably best we not tell her about Ar-Adunakhor and that lot.)

And there's that Aragorn, son of Arathorn business. It was a thing. I think it was supposed to help you remember your lineage back to the One True Hobbit if all the names in your line made a little song.

Oin, son of Groin. It's all good.

The shire makes me want to kill people.

And there's that Aragorn, son of Arathorn business.

Who was also called "Strider" and "Elessar".

Dude had more aliases than a L.A. felon.

The shire makes me want to kill people.

Well, you'd be tallest person there, so you could.

And Elfstone.

Telcontar.

Thorongil.

And Gandalf did it too: Olorin, Mithrandir, Grey Pilgrim -- plus some other name the Dwarves gave him, I think.

plus some other name the Dwarves gave him, I think.

"Slappy" and "Bastard Still Owes Us $37.52 for Back Mithril Order".

Allyson, did you see the first two or did you just see the third movie?