Anghraine

On the one hand, there are plenty of potential reasons for Elfwinë’s name, in-story and out of it.

But on the other, Lothíriel naming her ~impure~ son ‘Elendil’ is such a power move that I refuse to accept any other interpretation.

An anon on Tumblr asked:

If you want, could you....i don't know, post a list of random little headcanons or observations of whatever fandoms you want? I love hearing your thoughts but I gather you're very busy at the moment, so this is an unsolicited suggestion.

I replied:

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I still think about all those stretches of time when Aragorn and Éomer are off at war, and back home you’ve got Faramir ruling as Steward in Minas Tirith while navigating a probably complex relationship with Arwen, and there’s Éowyn running/defending Ithilien (what’s her relationship with Beregond? Legolas?), and meanwhile there’s Lothíriel in Rohan doing ????? and …

Well, if I had the time or energy (or discipline), it’d be a kind of perfect ground for epistolary headcanon fic.

(Look, Éowyn, Marchwarden of Ithilien, is very important to me. And the Faramir-Arwen relationship gradually evolving from cautious mutual respect to the springless autumn BROTP. And Lothíriel the young foreign queen of a fiercely independent people. And how they all interrelate with each other and the new age they're part of! /sigh)

You might notice a certain ... er, emphasis in the details of the Middle-earth that exists in my head.

 

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