Am I the only Arwen/Aragorn fan here? Now, I have only read the books twice, but I remember initially really liking Eowyn, but then finding her growing incredibly self-centered and unbalanced. Not someone I would want to count on in a crisis. Arwen was a bit remote, but I gave her props for steadfastness and loving an "outsider."
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
Mal ,'Ariel'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
scrappy - Dec 22, 2003 5:39:56 pm PST #701 of 3902
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DavidS - Dec 22, 2003 5:42:58 pm PST #702 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Am I the only Arwen/Aragorn fan here?
I like them fine. I think Aragorn recognized all the good in Eowyn, but it would have seemed ridiculous (to me) for them to be together.
Also, the book indicates that Arwen got to use Elrond's sword which came down from his mother Idril. That's what she's brandishing against the Nazgul in FotR.
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2003 5:47:20 pm PST #703 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Sadder? I can do that, but I can't reliably get all seven of Snow White's dwarves.
But do you know the Seven Little Duffs?
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2003 5:54:32 pm PST #704 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't mind Arwen in the books. The movies make her look more like a headstrong teen pining to be allowed to stay with her older boyfriend.
Betsy HP - Dec 22, 2003 6:06:05 pm PST #705 of 3902
If I only had a brain...
I Am The Very Model Of A Third-Age Numenorean.
giggles. bows in Pmoon's direction.
billytea - Dec 22, 2003 6:35:51 pm PST #706 of 3902
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
And again, I am filled with this image of Aragorn, son of Arathorn saying "Oh, you're a plumber.... what on Earth is that?"
Now there's a The Simple Life concept that could be worth watching.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2003 6:38:16 pm PST #707 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Now there's a The Simple Life concept that could be worth watching.
Partner him with Legolas Greenleaf, and I'm there.
billytea - Dec 22, 2003 6:45:17 pm PST #708 of 3902
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Partner him with Legolas Greenleaf, and I'm there.
Yeah! Every day they interact with ordinary people and perform menial tasks, Aragorn comes home covered in crap from having fallen over multiple times trying to catch a piglet or something, Legolas is still pristine, smirking and thinking to himself "Still the prettiest".
JoeCrow - Dec 22, 2003 7:00:59 pm PST #709 of 3902
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
Eowyn's a daughter of kings too.
Yeah, but isn't that how the Kin-Strife started, a few centuries back? Them Rohans aren't real royalty. Numenoreans are supposed to marry Numenoreans, not jumped up barbarians. Did we learn nothing from Castamir?
Katie M - Dec 22, 2003 7:06:51 pm PST #710 of 3902
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Did we learn nothing from Castamir?
Okay, *that* made me laugh out loud for some reason.