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[anghraine]

The “why do Gondorians keep naming people after Túrin” thing is kind of weird, honestly.

Like, yes, he was a tragic figure who left a trail of disaster. But he was also an icon of their ancestral people who achieved great deeds despite his personal flaws and a terrible curse. In all probability, Gondorians aren’t thinking of ill fortune when they name their sons Turambar or Túrin; they’re thinking of standing defiant against an implacable and overwhelming foe. It’s … not that strange.

Tagged: #there was a time when i disliked túrin! i get it! but also it's like #pretty indisputable that /in-story/ he's an iconic hero to the edain and dúnedain? #it is not that strange that gondorians would respect their ancestral heroes and particularly túrin and morwen #whose grim heroism seems ... very much to the dúnadan taste #idk maybe it's just because i've seen the 'lol but WHY' so many times and i'm just... y'all. come on. #you don't have to like túrin but a hell of a lot of people in middle-earth do