You? Oh, I see. A chance for Faramir, Captain of Gondor, to show his quality. I think not. I trust this mission only to your brother. The one who will not fail me.
I know Tolkien never gives a reason why Elros chose mortality, but I am so deeply attached to the idea that he did it not out of romantic love for a mortal, but because he saw something inherently valuable and preferable in mortality. Because he did not want to be immortal. It's a huge decision to make and two of the three would-be immortals who chose mortality do it because they fell in love with a mortal. I love to think of Elros as someone who grew up around immortals and decided that he did not want this for himself, and was content with the choice he made regardless of anyone else in his life.
Thinking of the larger context of LOTR and like, the fellowship swapping old war stories and shit and Sam just says “Yeah I killed a huge spider…Shelob, I think?”
And Gandalf just blinks and is like, “You what now?”
“Yeah, killed it. Had to save Frodo”
Gandalf elects not to tell Sam that he killed the spawn of a primordial demon.