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While I’m at it, Lothíriel headcanons:

• Physically, she bears a strong resemblance to her father and her aunt Finduilas, but differs quite a lot in personality—in particular, she’s much more straightforward and assertive, within the bounds of what she considers proper conduct
• She’s bi and aro
• She’s proudly Dúnadan and resists assimilation into Eorling norms, instead maintaining Gondorian customs and habits in her personal conduct/court, which doesn’t always go over well
• Like several others in her family, she has a vaguely preternatural command over horses that makes her a fearless rider, which does go over well

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tbh Arvedui would annoy me vastly less if he’d accepted that Fíriel was the rightful ruler of Gondor, not him

tagged: #under arvedui's logic then hallacar should have king of númenor instead of ancalimë #(god forbid) #and herucalmo and pharazôn's usurpations were totally legit #and he argued that his logic was the actual law of númenor akjdfj;kadjkfa #even if fíriel was dead the rightful heir would be /aranarth/ (see herucalmo and alcarin!) #arvedui's only legitimate claim was as heir of isildur and iirc he wasn't even that yet #(and it's debatable too. just not ... actively misrepresenting history) #idc what malbeth says arvedui can fuck right off #honestly i'm not ... ever quite sure what jrrt was doing with the whole 'well in númenor...' shtick #i don't think he meant arvedui to come across as dickish as he seems to me #but it's such a /blatant/ misrepresentation #maybe it's just verisimilitude re: royal claimants #or giving gondor more of a reason to reject him #idk

Tumblr crosspost (18 March 2020)

I just saw a defense of Jackson & Co’s treatment of Denethor, and … uh, no.

tbh I'd be a lot more anxious about the Amazon series if not for PJ's treatment of Denethor and Faramir, but esp Denethor.

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The head of English graduate studies at my university started following my personal Twitter account, so I guess I should talk about things other than a) daily drama and b) my feelings around Aragorn’s rise to power.

tagged: #i don't even study 20th cent lit #i guess i also talk about austen sometimes too #but at least she's (barely & on a technicality) within my field #the rambles about how it's significant that aragorn's claim is historically and legally complex rather than a simple birthright are ... not

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me: I really need to work on my exams

also me: so was Adrahil of Dol Amroth a Narn fan in general, or a Finduilas stan in particular?

(I still think about him naming his firstborn "Ivriniel" and then going "hmm...Finduilas" for the second and laugh.)

squirrelwrangler replied:

or his wife

I responded:

ha, I’d actually added that to my tags, then deleted it because it amuses me less

crocordile replied:

THIS IS THE TYPE OF CONTENT I’M HERE FOR THOUGH..

I responded:

:D

tagged: #adrahil wrote narn fanfic #17-y-o adrahil: and then finduilas became queen of nargothrond and the court all clapped and eVERYONE LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER

bailesu responded (on 20 March):

Adrahil has an entire room filled with his Silmarillion fanfics.

I responded:

Narn fics, anyway!

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My university has asked each of us to have a colleague who can take over our classes “should the need arise”

…

…..

…….. okay then.

tagged: #good to know where their priorities are lmao