aragorn

I'm a big fan of both books and film, but I think the films actually did a better job with Aragorn and Boromir than the books. In the books, Aragorn is a bit high-and-mighty sometimes, declaring I'm the heir of so-and-so and here's my mighty sword, blah, blah, blah. The books shows him as a...

I thought it would be nice to begin some threads where we can look at the characterization of certain, er, characters from the movies, now that we have them in their full 11+ hour extenderated glory. I'd like to start with Aragorn, as he is one of my favorite characters, and also one of the...

Who would you rather Aragorn ended up with? and why? 1. Arwen 2. Eowyn

In The Return of the King, we read about the crowning of King Elessar in the chapter "The Steward and the King". Aragorn is crowned, and Faramir cries out, 'Behold the King!' We also read: Did Tolkien write anything concerning Middle-earth taking place after The Return of the King?

I have been told that, for Tolkien, the name came first and then the story. Aragorn has many names, and of them Aragorn is probably the least significant. It is a family name. His grandfather carried it. In my Tyler Tolkien Companion it lists no meaning. My Foster's Guide, however, states it...

Did Strider fail in protecting Frodo & co., seeing how Frodo was stabbed and almost died from the wound? Or did he do rather well under the circumstances, being a lone guardian of the halflings against the nine riders?

I saw this link on TORN that gave a list of the EE specs. The different versions are listed, and, more importantly what's on the discs. Of all the extras I want to see, this one stands out the most: Abandoned Concept: Aragorn Battles Sauron I think if this were actually in the movie, I...

Estel [this is the first part of my profile of Aragorn II, son of Arathorn II. The rest will, with luck, be posted soon, though I cannot guarantee a date.] What would it be like to know that you came from a line of Kings who had ruled your people for over 64 generations? What would it...

Did Aragorn handle Eowyn's love well? Was she just pitiful?

I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes but I thought another deep topic might be of interest to our illustrious guild so I'm posting it without asking permission. Beren and Luthien... Aragorn and Arwen... There are great similarities as well as many blaring differences. Who do you find more...

I was watching ROTK yet again! And I discovered that Aragorn very quickly does a hair flippy thing, and it's very hilarious if you play it in slow motion. It is in the beginning of chapter six. Check it out!

From The Lord of the Rings, "A Journey in the Dark" When did Aragorn enter Moria the first time, and why would he have done so?

According to a footnote to "The Druedain" in Unfinished Tales, the Druedain (kin of the Woses) of Druwaith Iaur "came forth from the caves where they dwelt to attack remnants of Saruman's forces [from the Battles of the Fords of Isen] that had been driven away southwards." Given that Elessar...

Hi. For those of you who don't know me (probably the majority), I'm LadyDernhelm. I was a member here for a few months last year before my browser started rejecting vBulletin sites. Now, I'm back. ...And I have a question that's been bugging me for some time. I've never liked Aragorn all that...

All right, what exactly was going on with the "Eye" calling to Aragorn before the battle? Was he threatening him? Tempting him? Mocking him? How did the eye know that Aragorn was called Ellessar? He hadn't taken that name yet. How will the audience know what Ellessar means when it isn't...

Now, when Aragorn shows himself to Sauron in the Palantir, he is challenging Sauron to draw him away from Frodo, correct? Now, isn't it said somewhere that Sauron assumes Aragorn will try to weild the One against him? Or am I just making that up? In other words, Aragorn is going to fight...

Aragorn tells Gandalf that he fancied the 'Ents' were a myth or a Rohhiric invention. Yet, presumably Aragorn knows all of the Tale of Tinúviel. It was of course a 'Númenórean' tale (M.T; HoME 10) and thus Aragorn should have been told _all_ of it, at Rivendell (Elrond would have known the full...