crosspost: Boromir and Gandalf [Dec 2016]

I never really thought about it before, but in Gondor, Gandalf is known as Mithrandir—it’s absolutely invariable. Even Gondor-oriented historical notes generally prefer ‘Mithrandir.’ Faramir says that ‘we’ call him Mithrandir, and that’s exactly what we see in ROTK—every single Gondorian we meet uses the name, whether they’re being respectful or not.

Unless I am completely misremembering, though, Boromir uses ‘Gandalf.’

Why?

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I have zero intention of deleting my Tumblr account (God forbid), but I did download it, and ... crossposting aside, the general uncertainty and sense of Our Days Are Numbered does not make me at all inclined to post much there. Maybe it will pass! But for now, I feel much more secure just keeping my stuff on Dreamwidth and not worrying about backing Tumblr up again.

(I guess I could crosspost in real time, but meh. We'll see.)