When Elrond gives Anduril to Aragorn. What? You mean he doesn't even have it yet?
I liked this because Anduril hadn't been mentioned before. I'd been thinking it'd be odd for him to have been carrying it all this time and then suddenly mention what it is, so I was hoping he'd be given it just before the Paths of the Dead. Better gift than a flag sewn by Arwen, anyway.
Arwen dying of the Ring.
Yeah. Absolutely. I was dumbfounded and then irritated by Aragorn randomly falling off that cliff, but I came to terms with it. This is way worse. I can't figure out what it means, how it's happening, or what it possibly was supposed to add.
When Frodo sends Sam away.
I do feel twinges there, but I think they did a good job of convincing me *why*, and it added to Sam's angst about Shelob. So I'm ok with it.
I'm a purist, okay, I don't *want* to see Aragorn/Legolas slash. But I swear, *somebody* is doing this deliberately.
Heh. I suspect Phillipa Boyens, as I think she was the one who made that Aragorn/Boromir comment. I quite like the Aragorn/Legolas, myself, but mostly because it *doesn't* interfere with Legolas/Gimli, for me at least. Legolas has history with Aragorn, he ends up with Gimli, it's all fine with me.
And then kneels to them. And so does Arwen. And so does the sea of people all around them.
I was actually too busy snickering at the assorted looks on their faces to feel teary at this point.
I had the same thoughts as you did about Smeagol and Deagol, Geoffrey Rush, and the Crack of Doom repeat.
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RotK Part 2
Date: 2004-01-02 03:05 am (UTC)I liked this because Anduril hadn't been mentioned before. I'd been thinking it'd be odd for him to have been carrying it all this time and then suddenly mention what it is, so I was hoping he'd be given it just before the Paths of the Dead. Better gift than a flag sewn by Arwen, anyway.
Arwen dying of the Ring.
Yeah. Absolutely. I was dumbfounded and then irritated by Aragorn randomly falling off that cliff, but I came to terms with it. This is way worse. I can't figure out what it means, how it's happening, or what it possibly was supposed to add.
When Frodo sends Sam away.
I do feel twinges there, but I think they did a good job of convincing me *why*, and it added to Sam's angst about Shelob. So I'm ok with it.
I'm a purist, okay, I don't *want* to see Aragorn/Legolas slash. But I swear, *somebody* is doing this deliberately.
Heh. I suspect Phillipa Boyens, as I think she was the one who made that Aragorn/Boromir comment. I quite like the Aragorn/Legolas, myself, but mostly because it *doesn't* interfere with Legolas/Gimli, for me at least. Legolas has history with Aragorn, he ends up with Gimli, it's all fine with me.
And then kneels to them. And so does Arwen. And so does the sea of people all around them.
I was actually too busy snickering at the assorted looks on their faces to feel teary at this point.
I had the same thoughts as you did about Smeagol and Deagol, Geoffrey Rush, and the Crack of Doom repeat.