Tumblr crosspost (23 December 2020)

[anghraine]

jubaah responded to this post:

That has been my hc for so long i forgot it wasn’t actual canon tbh… I tend to imagine Númenoreans looking like whatever in general, but the people who go on to become Gondor to have the same Beorianelvish look…

I replied:

Yeah! I mean, I do think that the line about how Númenóreans gradually became near-indistinguishable from Elves refers to all Númenóreans, but that the specifically Bëorian, startling-to-other-Númenóreans variant is what’s going to lead to the Dúnedain of Arnor and Gondor.

(& I also think this is a great excuse to headcanon random Peredhil just being born and mingling with the locals in Andunie ;P)

I replied:

Yesss. The scarcity of peredhil is one of the things that’s hardest for me to accept in a worldbuilding sense—like, sure, requires a special destiny etc etc, and it’s not a huge problem or anything, but when I think about it, there’s so much contact that it kind of strains my imagination. Especially once they’re barely distinguishable and just hanging out together in the Andustar. I mean!!!

Shorter version: I love that headcanon! Elves and peredhil blending into the Andustar is just this mix of super charming and kind of hilarious to me, and it also makes for a fun headcanon in terms of the local culture and norms and such.

Erendis’s description has always brought Morwen Elfsheen to mind, too

I replied:

Right? I imagine her as … a bit less !!!!!!!!!! than Morwen but still a really similar physical type who’s striking in that kind of intimidating, Elvish way.