Lord, Where's my Ring?

Ever wonder if Eowyn would have been settling if she ever ended up with Aragorn as she had initially wanted to? Before any of you hound me, I’ve been rewatching the movies on the weekend (at least the first two) so any opinion I have on their relationship is based on the movies and not the books (so shut your whining). Now boys, don’t tell me Aragorn didn’t lead her on because he totally did. He’s not an idiot, with the all the touching and glances and he knew her eyes went all “soft” when she looked at him. Hell he’s Ara-freaking-gorn, who wouldn’t be all over that? With all his 87 year old wisdom, don’t tell me he didn’t play the fool...

Except I’m kinda really glad they didn’t end up together. He would have not been good enough for her. Yes you read that right. Not. Faramir was the better and more suited choice. She would have always been in Aragorn’s shadow had she ended up with him. Arwen – well, the elves are good at being pretty things and everyone always loves pretty things. Besides, if they had ended up together, Tolkien would not have been able to write what I consider one of the most romantic moments in a book ever (one of the other major romantic, melt-my-heart scenes is in Princess Mononoke when she feeds the kid meat by chewing it up and spitting it in his mouth because he couldn’t chew and was really hurt or dying, yes I forget their names, yes I don’t do it nearly enough justice, but you get the point. Watch the movie. It’s awesome.).

Here is the passage from the book:

“’And would you have your proud folk say of you: “There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North! Was there no women of the race of Númenor to choose?”

‘I would,’ said Faramir. And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many. And many indeed saw them and the light that shone about them as they came down from the walls and went hand in hand to the Houses of Healing.”

            Would so proud and so humble a question be asked if it was Aragorn? Would so proud and victorious an answer be given? Highly doubt it. 

            With that being said, if anyone wants to photoshop my face onto any one of the faces that Aragorn touches or kisses, be my guest.

Shan-wise Gamgee awaiting on her Frodina signs out.

Cheers!