Tumblr crosspost (19 December 2020)

[anghraine]

I was looking for a post and instead ran over a really old one where I pointed out that when Éowyn is 75, Faramir will be the same age that Aragorn is in LOTR, and live 33 more years.

Thanks, past self.



Tagged: #don't think it's likely that she has éomer's lifespan either #:\ #also just thinking about it ... everyone thought denethor was prematurely aged bc his people and family don't age like that #faramir will probably neither look nor feel old until he's at least 100 #idk i'm kind of thinking back to andreth and aegnor and like - obvs he's not literally immortal #(he == faramir) #but there's that concern with /aging/ and not just with literal death #in the athrabeth that the fourth age couples shrug off #when éowyn asks if faramir would have his people ask if he couldn't have chosen a númenórean i do kind of wonder if any of this is in her head #in any case his answer is 'fuck it i don't care' #which is such a nice contrast with aegnor lol #honestly ... i loved him from ttt but also #this is part of it too! #he's got to know what's going to happen #but some things matter more than borrowing grief!!! #also #him being so númenórean and yet turning his back on the blood purity shit without a moment's reservation is just ... #<3 #okay this ended up at a more optimistic note than it started on