#elrond gets very good at hairdressing; he and glorfindel once have a 5 hour long conversation about hair ties and optimal styles for combat

[thevalleyisjolly]

I know there are too many dark-haired twins in the legendarium and we have to visually distinguish them in art somehow, but it’s very funny to me that the go-to default with Elrond and Elros is to give Elros shorter hair.  Like yes, choosing mortality when you’re 55 years old means that you’ve had short hair since childhood - clearly an indication of Mannish inclination! 

What if it were the opposite.  What if, say, Elros grew his hair as long as he could when he was a child, trying to imitate Lúthien and weave a cloak of shadows and a magic rope to escape from Maglor and Maedhros.  He didn’t end up going through with it in the end, but Elrond loyally helped him plait and dress his hair for years and it became one of their private rituals.  It wasn’t until Elros set sail for Elenna that he started trimming his hair again, but he always grew it long again whenever Elrond came to visit.  Elrond still keeps and treasures the very serious chain of office for “Royal Hairdresser of the King” that Elros had made for him once.

#lotr #silmarillion #elros #elrond #look sometimes your brother wants to be rapunzel and all you can do is support him in his goals #elrond gets very good at hairdressing; he and glorfindel once have a 5 hour long conversation about hair ties and optimal styles for combat #no but for real; when did we decide that short hair was an indication of Mannishness and masculinity #elros probably: i'm going to have the longest hair any Man has ever had #elrond: at least let me braid it up for you; don't you remember papa's stories about glorfindel and the balrog?