tina, your penultimate crypoint is the single time my heartstrings were tugged by Aragorn. He looked so consummately exhausted and human.
I fell down and got confused. Willow fixed me. She's gay.
BuffyBot ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2003 7:32:45 am PST #735 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aims - Dec 23, 2003 7:33:36 am PST #736 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I think we'll need a second viewing this weekend or even maybe Christmas day. I was in too much of a smart-ass mood when I saw it Sunday, didn't take it serious enough.
tina f. - Dec 23, 2003 7:34:14 am PST #737 of 3902
Same here ita - Aragorn doesn't tug for me the same.
I edited my post but it was all spoilery when I first posted - sorry.
eta: Gah! I am having whitefont issues - sorry!!
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2003 7:34:57 am PST #738 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
As a non-book-reader, I picked up on the "How YOU doin'?" look between Eowyn and Faramir. Although it's possible I had read stuff in peoples' LJs regarding that and so I knew what that glance was supposed to imply.
Aims - Dec 23, 2003 7:35:11 am PST #739 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I sobbed when Frodo woke up, and saw Gandlaf there. I have bugging bugging bugging people to tell me if Frodo sees Gandlaf again, to know he didn't die. No one would tell me. So THAT was the sobbing point for me.
Miracleman - Dec 23, 2003 7:46:14 am PST #740 of 3902
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Didn't cry at all during the movie. Did get choked up, but it was at a weird point and it's probably just a stupid me thing.
tina f. - Dec 23, 2003 7:51:54 am PST #741 of 3902
The other friend I went with is a mid-level Tolkein geek (read the books several times but has never bothered with any of the appendices) didn't cry at all and said he didn't even kind of get misty.
Soulless freaks.
On another note - I love Arwen in the books. I didn't read the appendices until my third or fourth time reading the books and when I found the Aragorn/Arwen story there I was THRILLED. Now, I loved Eowyn in the books too - but I wanted Aragorn and Arwen to be together forevah!!1!. I think one of the saddest things Tolkein ever wrote was Arwen's death in the appendices. Breaks my heart to think of her just walking through the forest alone.
DavidS - Dec 23, 2003 7:52:20 am PST #742 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but it was at a weird point
Was it when Shelob was flailing about in her death-throes?
Can we stop whitefonting now that Aimee's seen it?
smonster - Dec 23, 2003 7:53:19 am PST #743 of 3902
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hec, I think we're waiting through the weekend. But don't quote me on that.
Aims - Dec 23, 2003 7:56:26 am PST #744 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hec, he chocked up when Aragorn was walking to the elves and then Arwen looks out from behind the screen. He thought it would be Legolas. Cried like a baby he did.