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Faramir is totally onboard with having a good king, but I feel it overshadows what he has to say about the actual kings Gondor had:

Kings made tombs more splendid than houses of the living, and counted old names in the rolls of their descent dearer than the names of sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry; in secret chambers withered men compounded strong elixirs, or in high cold towers asked questions of the stars. And the last king of the line of Anárion had no heir.

There’s so much about how Gondor is impure and weakened, and then Faramir just shows up and is like … it’s a pity the kings were so obsessed with purity that they purified themselves right out of existence. :) lucky my family was interested in things like “alliances” and “having children” :) :)

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squirrelwrangler responded to this post:

Steve Blum?

I replied:

Yes!

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But the Stewards were wiser and more fortunate.

A moodboard for my eternal faves: the House of Húrin, better known as the Stewards of Gondor.

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heckofabecca responded to this post:

yes good ty

I replied:

my entire fannish existence has been building towards this moment tbh

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Someone left a response to this post to the effect that Faramir's take is suspect and he is probably projecting Denethor's failures—to maintain good terms with Rohan(??) and use of the palantír—onto past historical figures.

I replied:

Sorry, I’m not sure I understand. Are you saying that there’s something suspect in Faramir having interpretations of historical figures? Or that Faramir’s characterization of the kings is actually wrong and he’s just projecting Denethor’s traits, as he understands them, onto the past? As far as I recall, Faramir’s interpretation squares quite well with the information we have about the kings and their eras, so I don’t quite follow.

I’m also unsure what you mean about the palantír and Rohan. Denethor uses the palantír to keep up with the present, and Gondor’s relations with Rohan are quite good.

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bisexualturin responded to this post:

this is rly neat !!!

I replied:

Thank you very much :)

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I reblogged this post and added:

#i stand by this! we stan a legend

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Tolkien frequently shifted around his ideas about how language was used in Gondor and Rohan, but I wanted to settle my headcanon in my own mind. So, headcanons for the royal house of Rohan + language!

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