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#idk why but if faramir is not with eowyn i want him with aragorn in the most supremely unhealthy ways possible
incomingalbatross · 7 months
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Doctor Who fancast of LotR, current draft:
Bilbo: Patrick Troughton <3
Gandalf: Peter Capaldi (this is only partly on account of his eyebrows)
Frodo: Paul McGann. I'm VERY committed to this
Sam: ???
Merry: Ian Marter. He's a posh lad, our Merry
Pippin: Frazer Hines (who otherwise would be a shoo-in for Sam)
Lobelia: ?? Don't know but she deserves the best in terms of casting. Considering SJA-era Liz Sladen
Gildor, Farmer Maggot, Fatty: All ?? (Farmer Maggot MIGHT be John Levene. Might be Sylvester McCoy.)
Tom Bombadil: Colin Baker. Listen, I was very torn here because OBVIOUSLY Tom Baker has the correct energy, but Colin does too and I think he would have more fun with the little songs. Also I want to save Tom Baker's voice for someone else
Goldberry: Lalla Ward (...unfortunately another point for Tom as Tom)
Butterbur: ...I feel like there's an obvious choice but I don't have him
Aragorn: Nicholas Courtney, YES my Brigadier bias is showing through, but you know he could handle "running herd on the hobbits"
Glorfindel: Peter Davison
Elrond: Matt Smith. Listen I like this choice so much. Old and wise and the last of his kind!!
Arwen: ?? This just feels like a game of "which dark-haired DW actress do I declare the Most Beautiful," except they also need the correct Elvish Vibes. For the vibes especially, I'm considering Carole Ann Ford. But then there's Mary Tamm, who is properly Tall. idk.
Boromir: ???
Legolas: Peter Purves?? I can't even tell you why he just kinda seems to fit and that's the best I got.
Gimli: Michael Craze??? See above.
Galadriel: ?? Again, this should be easier. DW has so many good actresses. But I can't think of anyone who's quite right. Mary Tamm in a blonde wig? Jacqueline Hill ditto? Lalla Ward would be great if she were just taller, but I don't regret giving her Goldberry either.
Celeborn: ??
Eomer: David Tennant. Eomer has a good range of Big Emotions, which I feel is important when casting David Tennant. (And yes I'm waiving the hair color here too.)
Treebeard: Tom Baker. THIS is what I was saving his voice for. You get it right??
Quickbeam: ??
Theoden: William Hartnell. <3 This one is very important to me.
Eowyn: Karen Gillian. Listen. She could DO it. (Also this makes both siblings Scottish, which amuses me.)
Grima: ??
Saruman: Jon Pertwee. I wanted him for Denethor too, but if I have to choose... Saruman.
Gollum: ?? Casting anyone as Gollum just feels mean.
Faramir: Hnggggh... I am considering both William Russell (Ian bias) and Arthur Darvill (to be opposite Karen Gillian but also he likes cool parts with gravitas). I don't know.
Denethor: ?? All wizard-adjacent characters should be played by Doctors but I've used all the applicable Doctors. ...Anthony Ainley?
Beregond: ?? He FEELS like a John Levene character but John Levene also feels like he really should be a hobbit. I am considering Duggan's actor on the grounds that he's also an everyman
Bergil: ?? I don't have any child actors on hand
Halbrand: ??
Elladan and Elrohir: ??
Prince of Dol Amroth: Okay actually THIS is William Russell
Ioreth: Catherine Tate I think
The Master of the Houses of Healing: pick any half-decent Time Lord, they'll fit the bill :P
Farmer Cotton: ??
Rosie Cotton: Either Anneke Wills or Katy Manning, probably. Or maybe Jenna Coleman.
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If you're still doing the character opinion bingo - Eowyn?
I am *always* doing Character Opinion Bingo
Previously asked: Elrond, Gimli
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Ok so.
I love Eowyn, obviously. I have eyes and a brain. Of course I love Eowyn.
However. My opinions on her story arc would be received by most of fandom as akin to hitting a wasps nest with a baseball bat due to:
a) my general dislike of Faramir. Guy can go suck an egg.
a pt II) my general dislike of fandom's tendency to jack off about how UWU Faramir is when he's just a bit of a wet blanket and a tit
b) my view that her ending is sad and sucks and she deserves better because
c) you can have healing and all that nice shit and still be a warrior and ride into battle and bop around on horseback annoying the living shit out of your brother who is now king by giving him 500 aneurisms
This is also why I only half-crossed out "I'm obsessed with their character arc" because I like it but also I'm mad about it because I wanted so much more for her and her ending. She becomes a fucking housewife in Gondor. This is Eowyn "so you're saying my role is in the house while men get glory then I can burn in it once the men don't need it anymore" daughter of Eomund, Shield-maiden of Rohan, child of the House of Eorl. She's not here for your cottagecore fantasies with wetblanket Faramir. (this includes you, too, tolkien)
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A fandom thing that bugs me is that in the Eowyn tag I'm inevitably dumped into the part of fandom that has internalized western approach to information preservation and share Tolkien's belief that the Rohirrim, due to being an oral based culture, are somehow inferior to Gondor who are a writing based culture. I don't think they're conscious of this fact, but it's there and I dislike it. There's this occasional infantilization of Eowyn where people are like "oh it's so sweet Faramir will teach her how to read and write and all the nice CiViLiZeD things of Gondor and she'll idk I guess teach him something of her people's culture but only so they can write it down" and alksdjhgakghdkjlgdfgj
both are equal! both are equal!
also maybe rohan doesn't want to write down their stories! maybe they have reasons for that!
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ok also, love that bit when Eowyn tells Aragorn "bitch if you say the word 'duty' to me I will not be held responsible for my actions".
'You are a stern lord and resolute,' she said; 'and thus do men win renown.' She paused. 'Lord,' she said, 'if you must go, then let me ride in your following. For I am weary of skulking in the hills, and wish to face peril and battle.'
'Your duty is with your people,' he [Aragorn] answered.
'Too often have I heard of duty,' she cried. 'But am I not of the House of Eorl, a shieldmaiden and not a dry-nurse? I have waited on faltering feet long enough. Since they falter no longer, it seems, may I not now spend my life as I will?'
'Few may do tht with honour,' he answered. 'But as for you, lady: did you not accept the charge to govern the people until their lord's return? If you had not been chosen, then some marshal or captain would have been set in the same place, and he could not ride away from his charge, were he weary of it or no.'
'Shall I always be chosen?' she said bitterly. 'Shall I always be left behind when the Riders depart, to mind the house while they win renown, and find food and beds when they return?'
'A time may come soon,' said he, 'when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defense of your homes. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.'
And she answered: 'All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.'
'What do you fear, lady?' he asked.
'A cage,' she said. 'To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.'
then they talk about the paths of the dead. There's no bit where he’s like “I don’t see a cage in your future” like in the move. 
And aside from Aragorn's valid point of "you took this charge on you to rule Edoras in your uncle's sted you can't, exactly, just uh...abandon that" - I just love their entire exchange in this scene. It's so much more complicated and nuanced than what the movies show and also far more true to the world Tolkien was creating.
It also continues to highlight how Grima and Eowyn are foils for each other - aside from the subversion of gender norms (Eowyn is obvious in this, Grima's subversion is more subtle in the book), they both have strong desires and a sense of what they are owed and they go about getting it in ways that run contrary to their culture: oathbreaking.
Grima oathbroke when he took up with Saruman, obviously. Eowyn oathbroke when she left her post as Edoras' ruler and guardian - which she swore to the king she would maintain. They both did it to gain things they wanted. Eowyn just, you know, has morals and a spine. Grima has neither.
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I just. Love Eowyn. And want more for her than was given in the books, or even in fandom.
I also love Dernhelm and wish we saw hell of a lot more of him. More screen and page time for Eowyn-Dernhelm and Dernhelm-Eowyn! We deserve it!
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morwensteelsheen · 3 years
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I might have just hallucinated this but at some point i saw something (maybe it was a fic? Idk) exploring Eowyn meeting Glorfindel. Just for fun do you have any thoughts on how that might have gone? I always thought it was an interesting little detail that so many elves were present in Edoras for Theoden's funeral/the trothplighting and wonder what they might have made of all that. It seemed to me a changing of the guard in a way as the age of elves was ending and the age of men began ascending
Oooh, fun question, and that's really such a beautiful way of putting that, I love the idea of it as a changing of the guard.
You definitely didn't hallucinate that fic, I'm trying to find it now — will update when I do!
So I think there are a few main factors that go into deciding what Éowyn would have thought about meeting Glorfindel, and vice versa. I’ll start with Éowyn because that’s what I’m more comfortable with.
The three main questions to answer here are: 1) Éowyn’s thoughts on the Elves generally 2) Éowyn’s awareness of the prophesy/the lore surrounding the Witch-king and 3) the extent to which Éowyn is impressed (or not impressed) by impressive things.
We’ll start with 1. Which rocks because it’s the one we have the least textual evidence for — classic! Legolas is almost certainly the first Elf she’s ever interacted with, and we see basically no interactions between them. So we have to look to the next Elves she sees which are… Elladan and Elrohir. And on those fellas, she’s got nothing particularly interesting to say:
The Lady Éowyn greeted them and was glad of their coming; for no mightier men had she seen than the Dúnedain and the fair sons of Elrond; but on Aragorn most of all her eyes rested.
So, she (rightly) thinks they’re pretty and strong, but really has nothing much else to say beyond that. This is mostly because she’s focussed entirely on Aragorn, but you’d think if she was going to have any strong reactions, now would be the time. Textually this is all we get, so now I get to dive into my HC. I think she’s basically unimpressed by them generally. Not outright hostile, because she’ll have seen what part they played in the war and have tremendous respect for them for that, but they’re not really a thing that exists in her life, so to speak. Plus, the first person she really talks to for any extended period of time who’s going to have any strong opinions on the Elves is Faramir and he is, objectively, deeply ambivalent (see: his takes on dealing with Galadriel and the Elves in Two Towers. King of Not Giving A Fuck).
On the Elf Question, she’s probably going to come to them with a general level of ambivalence and, maybe, some scepticism, and maybe some feelings of discomfort. They’re just very, very outwith her ken.
Okay onto 2. The prophesy and the lore. Yeah, Éowyn almost certainly knows jack shit about this. Not because she’s dumb, but just because it’s, again, not really part of her world. The Battle of Fornost is a somewhat significant battle, all things considered, but it’s so far before the establishment of the Mark that it’s unlikely they’re going to be dealing with the specifics of it, and certainly even less so with the airy-fairy shit some twunk is spouting off afterwards. Going into her fight, she’s really not going to know why it should matter that she’s not a dude, she just knows that the Witch king is bad and she wants him gone. She might not even know who Glorfindel is, to be honest! Which is also going to be funny because for those in the know, Glorfindel is, like, literally Jesus Christ Superstar. The question really is how many people know? The Gondorrim fo sho, I struggle with the extent to which the Rohirrim are versed in this sort of stuff. Éomer, maybe. Certainly he’s going to be briefed, being the King of the Mark and all that, but how much gets passed along to Éowyn? I’m not sure. My heart says all of it, my head says basically none.
And 3., how much is Éowyn impressed by impressive things? Well, that can go either way. She’s obviously very impressed by Aragorn, but that could be/is as much an emotional response to the act of heroism she sees as it is to his general impressiveness. The next impressive thing we see her deal with is the Witch king and, again, this is coloured by emotion, but she really does not seem impressed At All by him. So unimpressed, actually, that where braver men turned tail and hauled ass out of there, she starts monologuing lol. The next impressive thing is Minas Tirith, Gondor generally, and Faramir. She’s very iffy on all of these things, she’s certainly not much impressed by the power or majesty of it all, and it takes a lot of concessions on Faramir’s behalf before she’s out and out ready to deal with him. So, yeah. Not easily impressed our Éowyn.
Glorfindel, by comparison, is an absolute delight of a character who is almost certainly deeply, deeply impressed with Éowyn. And, I think importantly, is not liable to get bogged down into the hooha about whether or not it’s Merry or Éowyn who fulfils the prophesy. I think he’s going to be fucking thrilled to death (in his own, neat and tidy way) about Éowyn being who she is. His approach to this is going to be much less complicated than Éowyn’s — he’s seen fucking loads of great heroes in his life, no matter how cool she is, she’s just another one of them, so he’s not going to be starstruck.
I think their actual meeting would be fairly lowkey, particularly if it’s at any sort of major event. I might even go so far as to say that Éowyn’s not really going to differentiate between him and any of the other Elves that are cutting about unless someone either 1) explicitly gives her a heads up in advance or 2) he goes out of his way to explain who he is and what their implicit relationship to one another is. For my part, I’m not certain he would.
Part of the problem with dealing with this question is that Glorfindel is Tolkien’s hero’s hero. He’s a hero nonpareil, basically so heroic that he lacks any real distinguishable personality beyond inherent nobility, goodness, and courage. In any interaction between them, Glorfindel would sort of being fulfilling the role of a character trope, and Éowyn would be providing the bulk of the personality. Given that, I think I’m pretty comfortable in saying that Glorfindel would probably approach Éowyn as a warrior equal, and would compliment her on her feat, but would not, I think, necessarily be hanging around to chat complex history with her. If anything it’s probably going to be a drive-by conversation. They’ll meet, he’ll congratulate her, he’ll go on with his life. I don’t think she’s going to be starstruck by meeting him.
I also think she’s going to be at a very specific point in her life at any point where they could reasonably meet where she’s probably not going to be all giggly/happy/proud of herself for having killed the Witch king. It’s still going to be a really sore, traumatic moment in her life that’s going to be wrapped up in so many other negative emotions (not least of which is her stunted catharsis — which I am intending to write about later) that she’s probably fine acknowledging it but is maybe a bit emotionally ehhh on it. If he, say, swings by Emyn Arnen in TA 3021, maybe she’ll be a little more up for chatting happily about it and swapping war stories. But I think at Théoden’s funeral or Aragorn and Arwen’s wedding she’s just not going to be in the right place for big hype over it. And I suspect Glorfindel would recognise that and be respectful of it — he, too, has seen some shit.
What would be fucking fun is everybody who’d be trying to watch that interaction, especially if it’s going on at an event or in public. The rubbernecking would be absurd. For all his Elf ambivalence, I’d put a decent amount of money down to say that Faramir would be hauling ass over there to be a part of that conversation — mostly out of a detached academic interest, it’s not often you see the heroes of your childhood stories/Tolkien Jesus come walking up to congratulate your wife on being radge as fuck. If Aragorn’s around/aware, he’s definitely got some level of pride going on over it, and would probably try to see it from afar, if not being around for it. Éomer’s definitely hyped even if he’s not really got the full significance of it down, there’s no way he’s not going to be impressed by Glorfindel’s biography. Everybody else, even those without a personal connection to either of them, is probably watching because it’d be a cool as shit thing to see. I don’t fully understand the significance of, like, public marriage proposals or whatever, but if I see one happening I’m gonna watch it. That sort of thing.
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shadow13dickpistons · 3 years
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Uhhh do SHADOW for the ask meme
Oooh, what a fun idea!
Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)
I had two asks with Ss in them, but no prompts! So, okay, there’s the obvious ones, (Aldarion spending so much time in Middle-Earth because he’s giving the D to Gil-galad, Sting as originally being a dagger for Idril), now I’m really scratching my head....OH! Here’s a controversial take and something I was thinking about today: Fingon and Maedhros not being married, because of the cousin taboo. 
Alright, alright, alright, so: Fingon’s rescued Maedhros, the rift is healed, yay everything. Fingolfin pulls Fingon aside and is like, “Son, you know I need you to marry. Preferably a woman.” Argon is dead; Turgon will have no other children beyond Idril; Fingolfin has the preternatural knowing that he will not survive against Morgoth - their people are going to look to Fingon. And what will he then do, marry his own cousin?? How can he do this, the Noldor need him. 
Yeahhhh, it’s angsty. All about how Fingon does what dad wants, marries a Sindar of Cirdan’s people, has Gil; but still goes to Maedhros at the drop of a hat (oh, they fuckin’). But yeah, the metas on why Russingon doesn’t violate the cousin taboo are valid, but imo, it’s impossible for Fingon and Maedhros to have any kind of happy ending, and I am firmly in the Gil-galad-as-Fingon’s-son camp. (This got longer than anyone expected.)
H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., tv shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)
I’m not sure I entirely understand this question, what kind of fandoms do I gravitate to? Cause “source text” to me is, like......what sources do you site in your fan participation. If the former, idk, anything that strikes my fancy. The latter, specifically for Tolkien (because that’s all I care about anymore), I’m one of those tiresome people who prefers the books to the films, so first and foremost the actual text. For easy retrieval, I tend to use Tolkien Gateway, but about the only thing I strongly disagree on with that is their take on Gil-galad, so there you have it. The One Wiki to Rule Them All is good, not quite AS good for book stuff, but great for film and game stuff. (But then again they have the “correct” take on Gil-galad, so.)
A - Your current OTP(s)/OT3(s)/OTX(s)
-rubs hands in glee-
Okay, okay, okay. So.......this is just Tolkien. Cause that’s all I care about now. But, in no particular order (caps are “I will lose my mind over this ship,” non-caps are just “I like/write for it.”):
Aredhel/Eol
Beren/Luthien
TUOR/IDRIL
I....oof, look, it’s not that I LIKE Turin/Nienor it’s that.....I’m so compelled....like a fuckin’ train wreck, yo.....too fascinating....
ELROND/CELEBRIAN
ARAGORN/ARWEN
Gimli/Legolas
BILBO/THORIN
Frodo/Sam/Rose (also acceptable: Frodo/Sam, Sam/Rose. My only OT3 ever, really.)
Faramir/Eowyn
Eomer/Lothiriel
Boromir/Theodred (also acceptable: aro/ace Boromir)
Dwalin/Ori
Celebrimbor/Fem!Narvi (this could quickly veer into I will lose my mind territory)
Is it weird I’m kinda into Elrond and Gilraen comforting each other and being a lowkey couple?
I can’t believe I almost forgot Sauron/Melkor, the OG power couple
I think that’s.....more than plenty.
D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t (again: be nice)
God I want to like Caranthir/Haleth. Well, I DO like Caranthir/Haleth. I just......I just really believe Haleth likes the ladies.....Fully here for Caranthir realizing he’s pining from afar, though. Like God, this should really be my type, but I just.....
I’m not as into Russingon as so much of the fandom is, but I don’t dislike it. But I’m really not part of the Feanorian hype train, don’t fully get it. 
O - Choose a song at random, which ship or character does it remind you of
God, I don’t have all my music on my laptop and I don’t really use Spotify, I’m not sure I CAN do something random.....Let me see.....RANDOM PANDORA??? 
Niiiiice, “Rebel, Rebel.” Damn, you know, I feel like I just had a thought about this the other day.....Let me think here.....Yeah, sorry, I got nothing. If you want me to redo this one, by all means.
W - 5 favorite ships and 5 kinks you like best for said ships
Oh man, oh man, oh man. Uhhhhhhhh. God, it would really help if I were kinkier.
Bilbo/Thorin and I don’t know how to explain this one, but like.......power bottom Bilbo??? Like, sure, it looks like Thorin’s in charge, but whose hand is he eating out of, does that make sense?
NO, SAME ONE AGAIN, SEX ON THE THRONE DURING THORIN’S GOLD SICKNESS, THAT HAS TO COUNT AS A PUBLIC SEX KINK. Not, like, IN public, like at night, but they could get caught.
.........................same one again, banging on the gold, Bilbo only wearing the mithril. I’m not sorry.
If I say Gimli/Legolas can I just say “all” for kinks? I mean.....................leather, for a start. 
You know what, I’m going to throw a curve and say “Ar-Pharazon and Sauron, bondage. But the whole time, Sauron is plotting in the downfall of Numenor and dreaming of sex with Melkor.”
“What about Aragorn/Arwen?” He’s a virgin until the wedding night, give him a SECOND.
Omg, that was so fun, I hope it wasn’t boring. Keep ‘em coming, guys!
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growingingreenwood · 4 years
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I think Tumblr ate my last ask, but which characters in the Tolkien legendarium do you either like/love or dislike/hate and why? And is there anything that you either like or dislike about any of the characters. I think it’s something that you haven’t touched on, and would be really interesting to discuss.
It might have, but honestly girl my asks are so messed up right now that it could be literally anywhere. They seem to randomly switch order sometimes?? Like they all play musical chairs everytime I use my spotify app. 
You’re right, I don’t think I’ve ever really discussed any of that beyond my love for the Silvan elves and the dislike for other elves unless it's framed from their perspective and not really my own opinions. I’ve thought about posting some stuff before, but then usually decide to ‘stay in my own lane’ or forest, as the case me be. But here we go!  
Characters I love that I don’t really ever mention (there are honestly a lot so i will try to stick to my top 3 or 4): 
Maedhors. 
I just have such a deep sympathy for him because (other than the kinslayings) he consistently tries to fix things, make things better, make things work. Like he wasn’t back from his 50 odd years of imprisonment and tortue before he rolled up to Thingols door to discuss how they were going to break up the Beleriend to accommodate all of the Noldor??? He gave his fathers crown away to his cousin to better unite the people?? I understand the repercussions and implications that come with Kinslaying, but even those actions I see as actions to try and help. Help his brothers, because if they don’t get the jewels back then they all get sent to the void. None of them come back from the halls. He is the oldest out of the seven brothers and just must feel such a crushing weight on him to do better and be better….. And it just …. Never really works out for him. In fact, most times it backfires horrible. 
Maglor: 
Pretty similar reasons to his brother tbh but also additionally I have such a soft spot for him with little Erond and Elros. The decisions the sons of Feanor made when the took the oath was rash and admittedly a bit… extreme.. But some of them really do seem to make attempts of righting their wrongs outside of their business with the oath. And honestly, I have huge respect for anybody who can know that people's opinions of them will never change but still try their best anyways.  
Eomer: 
I LOVE THIS MAN SO MUCH OKAY omg. He’s just. He’s just SO extra, but also so soft and caring and the relationship between him and Eowyn melts my heart. That scene when he finds her in the Return of the King will always put me into cardiac arrest for at least one entire minute. He is SO loyal to his uncle and his country, and he is a really brave and honest man. Plus, that moment in the books when both he and Araogrn casually lean on their swords LITERALLY in the middle of a battle (I wanna say helms deep??) and have a pleasant little chit chat amongst each other. Like how can you NOT love this man??? Impossible.  
While on the topic of underappreciated siblings, can we talk about FARAMIR 
Faramir: 
Ugh my beautiful little idiot. Homeboy speaks Sindarin but yet could not translate Cirith Ungol (which is Sindarian) to warn Sam and Frodo what might be in the tunnels Gollum wants to take them through. When Cirith Ungol literally means “Path of the Spider.” LIKE??? Eowyn confesses her love for him, and THIS MANS just fucking nods along, sitll holding her hand and goes: “Yeah, honestlly, who wouldnt be in love with Aragorn?” A masterpiece. Anyways, he’s also just like an all around good person who just has some pretty aggressive daddy issues. But his rangers LOVE him, and its obvious his people do too. I just wish he could have had more sympathy over the loss of his brother (aka best frined) 
50/50 person
Denethor: 
Alright, I will be the first to admit that the movie Denethor deserves what he got, I hate that bitch. But I will also admit that this man was done wrong in the films, and was aggressively villainized him far past what he actually was. Was he the best person in the world? No. The best father? No. But did he do his best with what he could when suddenly an enemy long thought dead as FUUUCCKKK suddenly appears right behind you? Yes. He absolutely did. I don really think that he gets enough credit for keeping Gondor running and functioning as it slipped further and fathern into darkness. They ended up living in a similar situation as Thranduil did, maybe for not as long but still. So like, if it weren’t for the movie I don’t really think I would have a strong opinion about him in any manner, so there you go. 
People I hate, and why: 
Eol: He’s just …. Creepy as fuck. He’s weird and possessive and controlling and BLAH. Who decided to kill their own son just because they themselves are insisting to do something that is forbidden? Eol. What did he do instead? Kill his wife. Good fucking job. 
Maeglin: Eol’s son. Also cringy and creepy. His uncle took him in even after his father murdered his mother right in front of them both, treated him like a son and did everything he could for him. But that wasn’t enough for Maeglin, and he couldn't take “uhm, not thank you. You are my cousin and being around you makes me uncomfortable” as an answer, and so betrays his city and gets everybody killed instead. Cool. Sick move. 
Okay, so I don’t hate the character but the story overall annoys me. Beren & Luthien: 
Like, I get it. Its dramatic and romantic and heroic and all of that. I’m not arguing. I also think that Luthien is basically the coolest woman to ever exist in any world at any point. But how their love story is presented overall? Eh. There are cool scenes and stuff that happens BECAUSE OF the love story, like Finrod biting a werewolf to death, Luthien talking to Carcharoth like he’s a grumpy little puppy, her defeating Morgoth and also somehow convincing Mandos to let Beren out??? All scenes are sick as fuck. But I just, still don't really understand where such deep and dramatic emotions of love for one another come from to DO all of those things. Ya know??? Idk. It’s still cute and sweet don’t get me wrong, its just really really annoys me that its framed as this “end all be all” idea of what perfect love looks like. I think what I am trying to say is that the story of Beren and Luthien seems to be blown out of proportion to me, and the bigger it grows the more it irks me. 
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Hello there! Eomer or Aragorn? aaand Eowyn or Faramir? You get two 😋
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Hmmm, tough one....
I think Èomer between him and Aragorn cus Èomer doesn't get enough love and he also probably has fascinating stories he could tell and he is just an awesome guy.
Aragorn is awesome too but he'd probably spend the entire time brooding lol. Honestly I see Aragorn getting really bad cabin fever and wanting to leave at any opportunity. Idk why, but he might also adapt to the situation. Also I wouldn't wanna separate him and Arwen. 😁
As for my other choice, I might have to say Faramir just because Eowyn definitely would be grumpy and not adjust well to being cooped up inside. Plus she's already been cooped up in Meduseld taking care of Theoden before the Fellowship showed up and Gandalf healed Theoden.
Anyway, again if want to give poor Faramir a break from his dad so I can tell him how awesome he is and listen to his wild stories of adventures with his men. He's such a sweetheart I think it'd be fun to be quarantined with him.
So there you have it! My choices are Èomer and Faramir! 😊👍
Thanks for the Ask lovey!
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Lately I’ve been thinking about all the female fans of Lord of the Rings. The books and movies are very popular among women, which you wouldn’t necessarily expect given that there are far more male characters than female characters. So what’s different about this franchise compared to other male dominated franchises? It’s a pretty obvious answer that I’m sure has been discussed before. It’s the way in which the male characters are portrayed, and the emphasis on their relationships with each other. To put it simply, they’re well written characters that don’t fall into the “macho alpha male” trope, and in a big action franchise, that’s pretty refreshing.
I’d say the only characters that come close to falling under that trope, but still don’t, are Aragorn, Boromir, and Eomer.
Aragorn would be the most obvious character to end up as the macho alpha dude given that he’s one of the best fighters in the movies, he’s a romantic lead, and he’s got the “great destiny” trope. He’s not the macho alpha male in the books at all, and they avoided portraying him that way in the movie. Aragorn is probably one of the softest characters in the series. You can see that in his interactions with Arwen and also Frodo. He’s very protective of the whole fellowship, constantly looking out for all of them, and he doesn’t try to pretend otherwise. He’s never the cold guy who secretly cares. He openly cares. As for his “great destiny” to be king, he rejects it for a long time because he was ashamed to be Isildur’s heir given how Isildur fell to the Ring’s power. He doesn’t take on his destiny to be king eagerly. He gradually accepts it and eventually embraces it, and is able to succeed against the Ring where Isildur had failed.
In terms of personality, Boromir is probably closer to that alpha male trope than Aragorn. He’s a proud and stubborn soldier. His people adore him and see him as a heroic warrior. He rejects Aragorn as king immediately when he discovered his heritage. A lot of these things would typically have him fall under the trope. However, he still doesn’t, for some of the same reasons Aragorn doesn’t. In the flashback scene with Faramir, Boromir is unabashedly tender with his brother. He tries to credit Faramir with their victory at Osgiliath to their father, and when Denethor insults Faramir, he tries to tell him that Faramir loves him and clearly hates his “favorite son” position. He is in no way the jerk big brother. This is further reinforced by how much Faramir mourns him after Boromir dies.
Boromir’s friendship with Merry and Pippin is a favorite among fans, for good reason. Fellowship of the Ring did a great job of including small scenes of Boromir looking out for them, making it all the more heartbreaking when he died protecting them. In a lot of their scenes, you can see that Boromir had a big brother instinct. A great moment is when all the hobbits are crying about the loss of Gandalf and it’s Boromir who wants to let them have a moment to grieve, and not press on in their journey. Yes, Boromir may have momentarily succumbed to the power of the Ring, but he redeems himself when he dies protecting Merry and Pippin. As for his relationship with Aragorn and his initial skepticism of him, the first movie and book shows his developing respect for Aragorn. Ultimately, at the end of his life, he pledged his support for Aragorn as his king. Boromir was next in line to rule Gondor as steward, and he would have given that up to follow Aragorn. Boromir may have been stubborn and proud, traits you’d expect the alpha male character to have, but his relationship with his brother, Merry, Pippin, and others, as well as his development in regards to Aragorn, all prevent him from filling that trope.
Eomer is another character that could come pretty close to falling under the alpha male trope. He has that hard ass personality, far more than both Aragorn and Boromir. I think he shields his emotions more than both of them. When Gimli makes a relatively harmless comment, even if it was a little biting, Eomer’s reaction is to belittle him for his size and to threaten to cut off his head. He also jokes about Merry’s size and believes him incapable because he is small, and that his sister is incapable because she is a woman. All of that is par for the course for alpha male characters.
I think in the book we get more of Eomer’s development. There is more focus on how he and Gimli make up and become friends. We also get to hear more about the loss of his parents, which is likely what turned him into such a hard ass. What the movies did well, and Karl Urban deserves a lot of credit for it, is show his tenderness towards Eowyn. They don’t have too many scenes, but whenever they’re on screen together, Karl will do something like touch her shoulder or make eye contact with her. He’s always very aware of her, and these little moments show us how much he cares for her. This ultimately leads up to his discovery of what he believes to be Eowyn’s dead body after the battle at Minas Tirith. In both the book and the movie, Eomer is devastated. In the book he becomes essentially suicidal, charging into battle recklessly after he sees her. In the movie, he weeps openly and cradles her body in his arms. He doesn’t leave her side in the Houses of Healing. Eomer’s adoration of his sister, similar to Boromir’s love for Faramir, to me, keeps him from the alpha male trope.
Those are the only three characters that I would say come close to the hyper masculine lead we often see in film, but for the reasons I just gave, none of them really fall under that category.
As for the other characters, I wouldn’t say Gimli or Legolas are anywhere near that trope. Both of them are super badass, but that’s about the only thing they have in common with that trope. Yes, they’re distrusting of each other at first, trading insults and the like, but ultimately, they become best friends. This friendship is also a fan favorite. The movies develop it very well, and if anything, it’s emphasized even more in the books. Tolkien describes them as loving each other. Legolas ultimately takes Gimli to the undying lands with him likely because he didn’t want to be parted from him. This sort of emphasis on relationships is part of why this series is so popular. You don’t feel distance between the characters. You do feel like they love each other.
I think Gandalf is also really relevant to this discussion given just about everything he represents as a character. Gandalf is certainly one of the most badass, if not the most badass, characters in the series. The scene when he takes on the Balrog is iconic for a reason. But I think what’s more important about him is the way he loves hobbits, and the simpler things in life. He goes to the Shire because hobbits make him happy. In The Hobbit he says he believes that it is simple acts of kindness that keep darkness at bay. Gandalf is a believer in the good in the world, and the hobbits usually represent that good. Saruman believes it’s all about power, and he is wrong in believing this. Gandalf is both the biggest badass who will take on a Balrog and a softie who loves to go to the Shire and put on a fireworks show for hobbits. You don’t have to be cold and distant to be a badass, and Gandalf exemplifies that.
I hardly think I need to talk about the hobbits. But hey, let’s do it anyway. They’re the heart of the series. Without the hobbits, Middle Earth would not have been saved. The hobbits are heroic not because they’re physically strong or amazing fighters, but because they are good. Deep in their hearts, they are not hungry for power or angry and bitter, they are good and kind, believers in the simple life and simple joys. I think this resonates with a lot of people, because usually the hero is some great and noble warrior, and that is not the case here. I think Merry said it best when he was talking to Eowyn.
“I know there is not much point now in hoping. If I were a knight of Rohan capable of great deeds…but I’m not. I’m a hobbit. And I know I can’t save Middle Earth. I just want to help my friends.”
That I think sums up what is so great about all of the hobbits. Frodo says something similar, that they set out to save the Shire when they went on their mission. They did not do this for the glory or their legacy or any of that. They just wanted to save their home, their friends, and their family. That was what mattered to them, and there is something incredibly noble in that. The hobbits are heroic in a different way than we usually see in movies. We don’t see a lot of characters like them, and that’s what makes them special. Sam and Frodo save Middle Earth essentially with the power of friendship. They loved each other so much that they were able to finish their journey, but only because they had each other to keep going.
I think the other thing that draws people to Lord of the Rings is the optimism of the whole story. There is no cynicism to be found here. In a lot of fantasy, you see this “deep down, everyone is a monster” trope, which I kind of hate. That is not the case in LOTR. Yeah, you see characters succumb to darkness, but they ultimately overcome it. I don’t think you could say about any of the protagonists that they were truly a bad person, and that is something I love about it.
So IDK where this ended up. This started as something about why female fans really love Lord of the Rings, and the alpha male trope, but it turned into just a think piece about the movies. But I think a lot of what I said does relate to why women have been drawn to the series, and why so many of us love it so much.
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Idk if you're still doing the pairing+prompt thing, but if you are, would you be able to do 1 or 4 or 46 with Eothiriel? Thank you so much I love your writing!
Nonny, I’ll do you one better: I’ll write all three! :)
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1) “Here, let me see.”
If Eomer were a wiser man, he would insist on someone–anyone–else to be the one patching up his bruised shoulder. As it is, Eomer has never been very wise–stubborn, yes, courageous, so they say–but wise? Not hardly.
As it is Lothiriel huffs at him from across the room, the pungent smell of whatever poultice she’s currently making thick in the air.
“Remind me again,” she says, aggravation clear in her voice, “why you and my idiot brother decided it would be a good idea to go sailing?”
“I had never been,” he says, “and Amrothos said that the weather was ideal for speed–”
“For him, an experienced sailor!” She interrupts. “You are a novice at best, and the winds were wild today–”
“Yes,” he sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. He’d already heard as much from Eothain, then again from Imrahil himself. Who must be as mad as his youngest son, to permit his daughter to be the one to doctor him after the afternoon’s…accident. “I know.”
She sets her jaw, stomping over to him with bandage in hand. “If you knew, then why did you do it?”
He opens his mouth to respond–that Amrothos had seemed so confident, that he would like to learn more about the things she enjoys during his short visit here–but swallows any defense at the look on her face. Anger, yes, irritation in no short supply, but Bema…concern. Worry.
“Nevermind,” she says, waving a hand at him. “Shirt off, troublesome king.”
The world seems to spin. Perhaps he had been hit in the head, after all?
“What?” He asks.
“I can hardly put a poultice on over your shirt,” Lothiriel says, slowly, as if he’s a small child. “Thus the shirt must come off.”
Oh, helle.
“Lothiriel, that’s–is there no one else–”
Abruptly she looks amused. “I have three brothers, Eomer. You need not worry about being the first man I’ve ever seen shirtless.”
This is decidedly different, he thinks, grumpily, but concedes to her point. She is well-trained in healing, and has likely seen men besides her brothers unclothed. The thought makes him strangely…irritated. She waits, mostly patient, as he strips out of the thin shirt Erchirion had loaned him. He winces as it jostles the injured shoulder. Being pinned against the mast by a loose piece of rigging had not been pleasant, but he had not expected the bruising to be so bad. The front of his shoulder is mottled, a mix of red and purple, and he can only imagine how the back looks.
“Here,” Lothiriel says in a much softer tone, “let me see.”
Her fingers are gentle, though he cannot fight back a hiss as she touches a particularly tender spot. She is disarmingly close, strands of her hair falling loose around her face as she smoothes the poultice into his skin. There is a band of freckles along her nose, spots of pink her cheeks, the soft fullness of her lips slightly parted as she contemplates him–
Forget the rigging, Eomer things, this is true torture.
By the Mark’s standards, he would be well within his rights to kiss her, as her betrothed. But, as he has been reminded on numerous occasions by her brothers, Eothain, and even traitorous Eowyn: they are not in the Mark.
Mercifully, she steps around him, hiding her all-too-tempting mouth from his sight, to examine the other side of his shoulder.
Her sudden sharp intake of breath startles him. “Lothiriel?”
She’s silent for a moment, and then–
Eomer flinches at the sudden touch of her fingers along his back. Ah. The scars.
One does not lead an eored for the majority of their life without accumulating some lasting injuries, and Eomer is no exception. The one she’s touching now came from a Dunlending’s arrow, luckily prevented from causing further damage by his mail. Her fingers flit over to his shoulder blade–this scar is faint, he knows, a luck swipe from some Southerling’s spear. He had not noticed it until well after Morannon–how could he have, with Eowyn nearly dying in the Houses, Theoden lost?
“Eomer,” she murmurs, voice thick. “Oh, Eomer–”
“They are old wounds, swete,” the pet name comes naturally, because for all her temper, Lothiriel of Dol Amroth is sweet, and gentle, and kind, “do not trouble yourself.”
She’s silent again, before she steps around to face him again, setting the bowl down with an angry clatter. “Do not trouble myself?! What kind of woman do you think I am, Eomer Eomundson!”
Eomer can only blink at her. “I meant no offense–”
“Who is to worry for you, if not for me?” She cries and he can see tears in his eyes–Bema help him–and she jabs a finger against his chest. “I am–I am going to be your wife!”
It is the first time she has ever said it aloud. It is the first time he has ever heard her acknowledge, in truth, what this betrothal means for her, for him.
So, Bema help him, he can do aught but reach out, tug her close, and kiss her. She is stiff for a moment before relaxing, all but melting against him, her mouth hot and welcoming against his. She winds her fingers into his hair and he moves to pull her closer, damning Gondorian propriety for denying them this–
The sudden sharp ache of his shoulder is enough to make him gasp a curse and Lothiriel freezes, blinking at him and then at his shoulder in surprise.
“Oh, Elbereth,” she murmurs. “Your shoulder–I am sorry–”
He kisses her, gently, to stop her ramble. “You need not apologize for that.”
She huffs a laugh, drifting back closer to press her forehead to his. They’re both silent for a moment, until she says, in a very soft voice, “I will always worry for you, Eomer. Please do not ask me not to.”
He can only draw her closer, strokes a hand through her hair. “I suspect I shall be very bad at forbidding you anything,” Eomer says, smiling slightly as she laughs again, “much less something as kind as that.”
“Good,” she says, lifting her head from his uninjured shoulder to smile at him.
Not for the first time, he suspects he owes Eowyn a very large favor for insisting on him taking a trip to Dol Amroth after her wedding.
4) “Will you just hold still?”
The situation, Eomer reflects, is entirely Lothiriel’s fault.
If she had not permitted her charming-yet-disastrous brother to ride her prized mare, she would not be short a horse on their ride from Emyn Arnen to Minas Tirith. (Niprehdil was fine, but lame, and could not bear even the smallest of riders.) She would not be seated in front of him, leaning her head back against his chest, and he would not have to fend off cheeky grins from Aragorn–the traitor–every time he made eye contact with his fellow king.
It does not help that Lothiriel–minx, tormentress, possible sorceress that she is–will not sit still.
Normally, he would have no problem being pressed so closely to his wife–Bema knew his councilors approved of the…obvious attraction between their young king and queen–but they are in public now, with her parents and brothers not far behind them, and Legolas’s all-too-knowing gaze finding them far too often.
She shifts again, wriggling closer to him, and Eomer thinks his eyes may actually cross.
“Lothiriel,” he hisses, gratified when she starts guiltily, “will you please hold still?”
“Oh,” she gasps, in a hushed tone. “Am I disturbing you?”
Yes, he wants to say, and you know that very well.
“I will force you to ride with Elfhelm if you do not stop,” is what he says instead.
Lothiriel turns her head, resting her chin on her shoulder. “You would not.”
“I very much would,” Eomer argues.
She must read the seriousness in his tone, for her expression shifts, softens. She turns her whole body–yet another agonizing move, as her legs are now throne over his right thigh, her right arm looping around his back–so she can better face him. “I am sorry. It…it has just been a long few months–”
Bema, how can he stay angry, when she looks at him like that? And she has the right of it: she has been with Eowyn through the last half of her pregnancy while Faramir has been dealing with some sort of trade agreement with the supposedly reformed Harad. He has missed her–all of Meduseld has missed her–and they have scarcely had a moment alone, thanks to the overabundance of well-wishers scrambling to meet Eowyn and Faramir’s son.
“I missed you,” she says, reaching up to touch his jaw with her free hand.
He can only smile down at her, leaning down just slightly to brush her nose with his. “And I you.”
Lothiriel smiles, just a brief twitch of her lips. “I am glad to hear it,” she says. And then she’s giving the hair at the nape of his neck the briefest tug, stretches her spine as far as it will go to better press her mouth close to his ear, “and I will be very glad to demonstrate just how much.”
Eomer barely stifles a groan. “You will be the death of me, Lothiriel.”
“Mayhaps,” she agrees, catching his mouth in a brief–but impossibly warm–kiss.
Well, Eomer thinks, grinning to himself as Eothain mutters something about ‘indecent behavior’, there are worse ways to go.
46) “If you love it so much, why don’t you marry it?”
Lothiriel well knows the importance of horses to the lives of the people of Rohan. She would not consider herself a good queen if she did not. And as this makes her third spring in the Mark, she also knows that the foaling season is amongst the most vital, the most sacred to the Eorlingas. Man, woman, and child, to a one, there was no time of the year that garnered more joy, more excitement.
Her husband is no exception.
The past two springs, she has not minded his absence, his tendency to abandon anything and everything to hurry down to the stables to help with the foaling–he is the King, the embodiment of what Rohan stands for, and his presence is considered a blessing for every colt and filly born.
But now…returning to their rooms after a long day to find them empty makes her…well, nearly angry. Sad. He is their king, yes, but her husband also! Happy as she is to share him, his continued absence from their rooms is vexing. On numerous levels.
In the rare instances she does manage to catch him, he is distracted, weary, but with an undeniable current of excitement lingering underneath.
“Four more strong colts today,” he tells her, pressing an absent minded kiss to her forehead. “Ceola thinks another three mares will go into labor by nightfall.”
If you love the horses so much, perhaps you would have been better off marrying one of them instead, she thinks, bitterly.
And then Lothiriel shakes herself–she is being ridiculous, petty and small over something that brings both Eomer and their people such happiness.
“Will I see you for dinner?” She asks.
Eomer frowns, the first unhappy expression she’s seen since the first foal was birthed nigh two weeks ago. “I am afraid not, swete. They have need of me in the stables–”
Sighing, and forcing back her retort that she might be better served by his hands than the horses, she kisses him briefly. “Do try to remember to sleep sometime, husband.”
Giving her a smile and nod, he is gone again, in a whirl of blonde hair and the soft smell of hay.
Shaking her head at his antics, Lothiriel lets her hands slide to rest on her stomach. The curve there is small, not noticeable at all through her clothes. But significant enough that he would not have failed to notice it if they had actually shared a bed for more than a few passing moments–or to do something more than sleep–in the past weeks.
Perhaps if I told him I was foaling, he would not be so eager to spend all his time in the stables, she thinks, wryly.
Still. The idea of telling him such a thing without his having his full attention makes her stomach twist. Only she and Master Duilin know of it now. It is better this way, she knows, and in a way she’s grateful that there is a reason behind her strange melancholy, her embarrassing envy of the horses of Edoras’s stables.
It is another two weeks of this state, with her remarking to a laughing Wilfled one day that it is almost as if she does not have a husband, rather a ghost who must delight in leaving dirtied shirts all over the floor and tracking mud on her carpets. Finally, late one night, she’s pulled from slumber by the sound of horns: the last foal has been born, the season officially ending in Edoras.
Eomer tries to creep in quietly, but she rolls over to face him anyways, smiling softly at his guilty expression.
“Did I wake you?”
“The horns beat you to it,” Lothiriel answers. “How is the foal?”
“Healthy and beautiful,” he says with a grin. “Another filly.”
“She took her time,” she says, watching with not a little pleasure as he peels off his shirt, then his breeches.
“As is the prerogative of a beautiful lady,” he answers, eyes glinting in her direction.
Lothiriel laughs, shakes her head. “Flattery would usually get you everywhere, Eomer, but tonight I am tired.”
“That is just as well,” he says, sliding into the bed beside her. “For I am tired, too.”
Regardless, she sighs happily when he curls himself behind her. She has missed this–missed him–very much, and the lingering smell of horse isn’t detriment enough for her to move from where she’s pressed herself into the curve of his much large body. Eomer kisses her neck, moves his arm to wrap around her better, his hand coming to rest on–
Oh, Valar, she thinks as he suddenly goes stiff as a board behind her.
Her nightgown is thin and clings rather obviously to the slight swell of her stomach, where Eomer’s hand currently sits.
“Lothiriel,” he says, tone unreadable.
“Would you believe,” she interrupts, trying to keep the laughter from her voice, “that Rohan’s cuisine is simply more hearty than Gondor’s?”
He tugs her to face him, dark eyes wide in his face, his hand still somehow pressed to the curve of her stomach and she takes pity, reaching up to cup his face in her hands.
“Are–are you–”
“It seems we will have a foal of our own, come winter,” Lothiriel says. “Though I do not think Duilin will permit you to help with this one’s birth.”
Eomer gives a dazed laugh, his smile nearly blindingly bright. She can still feel his smile when he kisses her.
As it turns out, they are not that tired, after all. 
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Lotr for the questions!
1. the first character i fell in love with
SAMWISE that boy has my heart
2. the character i never expected to love as much as i do now
i rly hated frodo at the beginning idk why?? but i love him <3 and also faramir and eowyn
3. the character everyone else loves but i dont
pippin
4. the character i love that everyone else hates
dude i still think smeagol (as smeagol not gollum but in the gollum form) is so cute (not when he insults sam tho)
5. the character i used to love but dont anymore
idkkk maybe smeagol too i guess???
6. the character i would totally smooch
do i need to answer this....
LEGOLAS
7. the character i would want to be like
honestly i hate to be basic but probably aragorn. hes such a good man and always tries to do the right thing and hes kind hes just an angel tbh
8. the character id slap
goshthere is so many but if i had to tune it down to one ..... grima wormtongue. i wanna hurt that guy
9. a pairing that i love
aragorn and arwen, EOWYN AND FARAMIR, legoals and gimli or legolas and aragorn, even tho i dont like pippin him and merry
10. a pairing that i despise
idk i dont think there is many??? maybe frodo and gollum if that counts???
thank you for the ask!!!<3
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LotR AU!
Because Miss Onions is nothing if not an enabler. I blame her entirely :3c
This is a tentative cast so it may change in the future, and you’ll notice I’m missing several key characters to fully round out the LotR cast. That’s because there are much too few characters in VLD to fill out all the roles that need filling :P Also just a note this is mainly based on the movies, because I’ve only ever read the books once and I don’t really remember everything
If anyone wants to expand on this/talk to me about it absolutely feel free!
(My reasoning for some of the choices is under the cut)
The Fellowship
Aragorn: Shiro Legolas: Keith Gimli: Lance Merry: Hunk Pippin: Pidge Frodo: Allura Sam: Coran Gandalf: Alfor Boromir: Antok maybe?
The Villains
Sauron: Haggar Saruman: Zarkon Black Riders/Ringwraiths; Sendak + other Galra commanders we’ve seen
Others/Misc
Elves: In general, the Olkari and the good Galra (BoM, Keith, etc), which means that -> Elrond: Kolivan Haldir: Ulaz Haldir’s army at Helm’s Deep: A BoM detachment Galadriel: Ryner (OR Keith’s hypothetical mom) Orcs: Bad Galra (soldiers, drones, etc) Eowyn: Shay, which means that -> Eomer: Rax, which means that -> People of Rohan: Balmerans, which means that -> Theoden: Some Balmeran or other. Shay’s dad? idk Treebeard: Slav, because why not Leader of the Army of the Dead: Matt (lmao don’t take this seriously. Or do. Idk) Faramir: Thace maybe? Denethor/People of Gondor: ??????? No idea, I’ve run out of possible characters Arwen:  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (an Olkari??) Gollum: Fuck if I know
Some reasoning (below the cut)
I started off with Legolas and Gimli as Keith and Lance because the relationships fit well (L/G’s banter is very K/L-ish to me). Then Aragorn as Shiro was a no brainer (he’s their leader, also the relationship between the three--A/L/G--parallels S/K/L’s quite nicely, especially with how Aragorn seems to have a slightly deeper connection with Legolas than with the others, kinda like Shiro with Keith)
From there I kinda built the rest of the AU around them
Ulaz being Haldir (the Elf who led a force in aid of the defenders of Helm’s Deep) is purely for angst potential with Shiro/Aragorn
I mean: Aragorn rushed to his side and attempted to brace him up, but Haldir had fallen. Aragorn looked upon him with much love and respect, placing his hand on Haldir's heart. Hearing oncoming Uruk-hai about to corner him, as he was the last one left on the wall, he respectfully laid down his fallen friend's body and escaped.
Hunk and Pidge being Merry and Pippin fits nicely cause it translates into Shiro Keith and Lance going on an epic journey to save their fellow paladins (essentially the entire plot of Two Towers)
Also I just really need Hunk and Pidge raising an army of Ents with Treebeard(Slav?) to take over Isengard
And I need Pidge to sing this, and have this playing in the background
If Hunk is Merry, it follows that Shay should be Eowyn, and then you get the two of them riding out in secret to battle, and them facing down the leader of the Nazgul(Sendak) together, which. Yes
Alfor is Gandalf cause they’re both helpful wise old guys who “die” at one point :^
Haggar is Sauron and Zarkon is Saruman because 
1) it’s my headcanon that Haggar is actually the one pulling the strings and Zarkon is but a puppet, much as Saruman is to Sauron
2) Haggar being Sauron fits nicely with Shiro being Aragorn, since they’re each other’s more direct antagonists
3) Zarkon being Saruman fits nicely with the Balmerans being the people of Rohan since he enslaved/corrupted/controlled them. Also Zarkon raising an army of Galra to march against Helm’s Deep like Saruman did with his Uruk-hai
Antok and Thace being Boromir and Faramir is very tentative, but I kinda like it. Especially Thace, he has the same kind of honourable heart as Faramir I think. I talked about finding someone for Faramir who has a special connection with Pidge since the Faramir-Pippin relationship is so important. While Thace doesn’t really fit the bill, I imagine that he and Pidge would have gotten along well had he lived. So I’m keeping it this way for now. Also Antok dying trying to protect Hunk and Pidge ;A;
Allura and Coran being Frodo and Sam is partly because I didn’t have anywhere else to put them, but the more I think of it the more it fits. Coran is very devoted to Allura the same way Sam is to Frodo, and I think it’s fitting that Allura would have the incredibly important task of carrying the Ring to Mordor
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