#arathorn

[whiteladyofithilien]

I just realized how extremely stupid the line in the films with Thranduil telling Legolas to seek out Strider is. Like its always bugged me because it felt so far off from where Legolas is at in the books when we get to LotR and even in the films. But it's so much worse...

Like you wanna know where Legolas is gonna find Aragorn?

With Elrond

And his mom

In Rivendell

Because he's TEN FUCKING YEARS OLD!!

HE doesn't even know his true name yet or really even that he's a Dunedain. He's literally never known a life outside of Rivendell. He's probably drawing on the walls with crayons and harassing Elladan and Elrohir to take him with them everywhere. What's Thranduil sending Legolas there for? Babysitting duty?!

Or does he just think his son is so legitimately stupid with the directional sense of a dwarf above ground that it's gonna take Legolas literally ten years to find Aragorn? Like the first place he would go to ask about this guy wouldn't be fucking Rivendell! Because everyone knows Elrond knows everything and we canonically know that Legolas has never been to Lorien or the sea prior to the trilogy so we know he's not hanging with Galadriel or Cirdan.

They took the chill wood elf who was doing the wood elf version of playing his gameboy with his feet up on the wall as he laid in bed for most of his life and leaving his room to do "chores" for his dad and tried to give him a completely implausible backstory. They really did Legolas so dirty in the Hobbit films.

I also do not approve of how they made him up. It's like they tried to make him look younger than he had been in the trilogy and succeeded only in making him look weird.

#tolkien #jrr tolkien #lord of the rings #lotr #thranduil #legolas #legolas greenleaf #legolas of the woodland realm #woodland realm #mirkwood #Rivendell #elladan #elrohir #gilraen #dunedain #strider #arathorn #hobbit #Hobbit films #hobbit trilogy #the hobbit

[tolkien-povs]

POV:

You are the Dunedaín king with the shortest lifespan of 60 years.

#jrr tolkien #tolkien #arathorn #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #return of the king #the return of the king #the two towers #the fellowship of the ring

[aniseandspearmint]

LOTR AU idea:

How much more complicated would it make things if Arathorn was a trans man? He and Gilraen can't have a kid because of that, but they WANT one (also there's the whole thing about the line of kings and needing a blood heir, but that's secondary here) so, they need to do something about that right?

So, a plan is hatched. A list is drawn up!

A) They need a male with the relevant bits. B) It needs to be someone very certainly NOT anyone they know to be politically awkward. C) It very very much needs to be an individual disinclined to claim the child and cause trouble. D) It needs to be someone Arathorn and Gilraen are comfortable bedding a few times (A: ... well, you wouldn't have to if you don't want to? G: Shuddup, we are doing this TOGETHER.)

That .. kind of rules out a lot of people they know. Most of the rangers, most of the people that live in Imladris.

BUT THEY FIND A PERSON. (And if maybe one of those points up on that list is brushed aside, well ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯)

Maybe it's a simple married couple and genetic material donor have several encounters and then the donor walks away after a child is made thing. Maybe it became more than that. No one is telling.

However it goes, Aragorn happens!

Everything is fine and there's no fallout and- then Arathorn dies. And Gilraen takes their son to Imladris.

And Elrond takes one look at a child that definitely has FAR more than a trace of elven blood. And very familiar eyes.

E: Wh- who did you say you chose, when you and Arathorn decided to have a child?

G: A friend.

And that's all she'll say. Elrond managed to get her to confirm the friend was an elf, but that's all she EVER says.

... But Elrond knows those eyes. The curve of that jaw. Those curls are perhaps coarser yes, as edain hair often is. There is undeniably a great deal of Arathorn in the child, yes, but many traits that clearly came from elsewhere.

He wrapped his own small hands in hair like that a very very long time ago.

He can't not see Maglor Feanorion in his own foster son any more than he could unsee the sun. It's never confirmed, but-

Elrond has a headache (and a heartache).

-

Aragorn is a peredhel AU!

Aragorn as Maglor's kid AU!

How much would this screw up things? Depends! Is Aragorn mortal, or does he have a CHOICE to make? *shakes the box of dolls gleefully*

I kind of like the idea of a have your cake and eat it too thing where Aragorn and Arwen still become King and Queen of Gondor, but its kind of like they're more of regents laying the groundwork for whichever child of theirs chooses mortality. Arwen Knows at least one will, she's Seen it.

It's nonsense I know, but it's FUN nonsense.

#my writing #i have NO idea where this would go tbh #i just like the extra layer of fuckery this would layer over top of everything #lotr #aragorn #arathorn #gilraen #maglor feanorion #elrond peredhel #lbr the REALLY unrealistic aspect of tolkien is the lack of other peredhel running around

[redpool]

Ok so this

Made this

Who made this (?)

And then made this?!

#elendil #elendil the tall #isildur #arathorn #aragorn #aragorn son of arathorn #lotr #lord of the rings fellowship of the ring #lord of the rings the fellowship of the ring #lord of the rings the fellowship of the rings #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #lotr the fellowship of the ring #lotr fellowship of the ring #lotr fellowship #amazon lotr #lotr the rings of power #rings of power #amazon rings of power #the fellowship of the ring #lotr rings of power #the rings of power #return of the king #the two towers

[theotherendcomics]

Which would you marry??? (If you'd even think of picking Fraggle, unfollow me)

#dogs #love my dog #arathorn #comics #webcomic #webtoons

[actuallyfingolfin]

... thinking thoughts abt the fact that both huor & arathorn ii died via arrow to the eye. it feels significant but i can’t fathom why

#huor #arathorn #nolo's meta #my post

[msboggins]

"Fortinbras would like it to be known that you're giving him grey hairs, Miss Baggins."

The quiet words came from the newly arrived Ranger of the North, who had been asked by the Thain to check in on Bilba. Tracking the Company to Rivendell hadn't been difficult- Dwarves weren't inconspicuous at the best of times after all.

//Tossing a still alive but down one eye Arathorn your way! Also hiiii!

"As if he'd truly notice any new ones.~" The petite hobbitess rumbled with a proud laugh as she approached, a smile splitting across her features. Gently she untangled her fingers from the silken elven fabric - a new dress granted of their hosts who took far too much pleasure in the task. A bit...overdone for a under the hill dweller though far be it from the hobbit to disrespect the elves any more than the company had seemingly already had. "Besides, he tells himself how fetching they look when he gets a ladies attention." Green eyes danced with a curl of merry as she angled her head back enough to glance up at the Ranger before her. "How fare you this evening, Master Arathorn?"

#bilba baggins #arathorn #msboggins #rangers are cool #answered

[autistook]

I love social media

#shes not wrong #lotr #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings #aragorn #viggo mortensen #lotr aragorn #aragorn elessar #aragorn x arwen #aragorn son of arathorn

[robert-deniro]

VIGGO MORTENSEN

as Aragorn, in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

#filmedit #tolkienedit #lotredit #aragornedit #tolkiensource #lotrgifs #userconstance #userlenny #usersugar #filmgifs #moviegifs #fyeahmovies #adaptationsdaily #viggo mortensen #lotr #aragorn son of arathorn #[REDACTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!] is all i have to say #anyway not him going through a breakup in this and then walking up to eowyn Like That after helm's deep. like. estel explain yourself. #edit: making this pre-breaking my arm is kinda mad ngl. like not me having the toe breaking moment on kicking a ball at a work thing #if only in my case it was the toes as well. anyway.....We Move.......

[achillyscomedown]

#incorrect quotes #lord of the rings #tumblr #lotr #the lord of the rings #legolas greenleaf #legolas #gollum #lotr frodo #frodo baggins #frodo #elrond #aragorn #aragorn son of arathorn #sam gamgee #samwise gamgee #lotr incorrect quotes #text post #the fellowship of the ring #the return of the king #the two towers

[grondds-and-roses]

#pippin took #pippin #peregrin took #merry brandybuck #meriadoc brandybuck #aragorn #aragorn son of arathorn #lotr #lord of the rings #the fellowship of the ring #the two towers #the return of the king #jrrt #jolkien rolkien rolkien tolkien #gondor #minas tirith

[meteors-lotr]

Imagine the fellowship showing each other pictures and paintings of themselves as children

Everyone cooes over Gimli with the tiniest little beard and mini axe, the Hobbits all sleeping in a little pile of curls and tails, Aragorn in formal elven clothing but his hair is still as messy cause they couldn’t style it even if they tried, Boromir holding a baby Faramir cause he refused to part with him after he was born

And then Legolas shows the ugliest fucking thing any of them had ever seen, looking like a fleshy newborn bird with enormous eyes and ears, and he’s proudly boasting over how he’s seen as one of them most beautiful elven infants in millennium, and the rest of them are afraid to say anything because What The Fuck

#Aragorn knows that elves are extremely ugly and weird looking as babies #And he also knows that Legolas is in fact one of the prettier ones #The rest of them are just questioning if it’s some sort of prank #Gandalf fucks with them by showing a picture of a mushroom saying that all wizards grow from them #lotr #lord of the rings #lotr headcanons #the fellowship of the ring #the fellowship headcanons #legolas greenleaf #aragorn son of arathorn #Samwise Gamgee #frodo baggins #merry brandybuck #pippin took #Boromir #gimli son of gloin #Gandalf the gray

[sparknoteslitmemes]

#lord of the rings #spark notes meme #spark notes twitter #spark notes #literature meme #aragorn #the fellowship of the ring #the two towers #return of the king #aragorn son of arathorn #strider #jrr tolkien #tolkien meme #tolkien #nepo baby

[nvd94]

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

I love drawing young Aragorn strolling around in Rivendell

#lord of the rings #lord of the rings fanart #lotr #lotr fanart #aragorn #aragorn son of arathorn #strider #young Aragorn #estel #baby estel #fanart #tolkien #silmarillion #beren and luthien

[laurenillustrated]

Totally forgot to share this Aragorn illustration I did last week! Drawing the details on the sword and background were a lot of fun 🤭

#aragorn #lotr aragorn #aragorn son of arathorn #lotr fanart #lotr #lotr art #lord of the rings fanart #lord of the rings #lord of the rings return of the king #return of the king #character art #drawing #digital drawing #illustration #illustrator #drawing illustration #fantasy drawing #fantasy illustration #fantasy art #fantasy artist

[thenotcanadian]

Not to be overdramatic about a movie that came out over 20 years ago but the end of The Fellowship of the Ring has me in tears over here, okay?

"I would have gone with you to the end. Into the very fires of Mordor" it's a promise that he knows he can't keep because Frodo needs to go alone, but he needs Frodo to know that regardless of anything, he is with him.

Merry and Pippin, realizing that Frodo has to go, and leading the Uruk-Hai away, just to give him that extra chance, because that's their job on this quest. (It needs people of intelligence, after all.)

Boromir coming in, doing his damnedest to save these Hobbits he's grown so fond of, fighting and dying for them because he knows he failed Frodo in that moment, but he can't fail these two. Until he does. But he passes on the message to Aragorn, setting up the three hunters. And he dies in the arms of his king, finally admitting that.

Anyway, lots of other people have already said all of this better than me, but this is my blog so I can do what I want.

#Lord of the rings #lotr #Fellowship of the Ring #boromir #Frodo baggins #aragorn son of arathorn #yes I am crying what's your point