I'm not sure what to do with this bit. It has some good points, but it's also Natter.
You're forgetting that Elrond raised Aragorn as his own son. Elrond has acted the protector and advisor for Aragorn's blood line for thousands of years, but the appendices specifically state that Elrond fostered Aragorn as opposed to giving him a place to sleep as a kid. Essentially, he was going to have to lose his youngest, anyway. Then Arwen went and fell in love with him (he tried to keep them separated to prevent this from happening). This troper always saw the marriage challenge (reclaim the kingdom) as less of the impossible marriage quest it's portrayed as in the movie and more of a "You're my kid and I love you dearly, but the enemy is out there and I'm not going to be around forever. Fine, you want to marry Arwen. Man the F' up and unite the race of men for the war. THEN you can get married and give me oodles of grandkids I'll never see".
I'm not sure what to do with this bit. It has some good points, but it's also Natter.
- You're forgetting that Elrond raised Aragorn as his own son. Elrond has acted the protector and advisor for Aragorn's blood line for thousands of years, but the appendices specifically state that Elrond fostered Aragorn as opposed to giving him a place to sleep as a kid. Essentially, he was going to have to lose his youngest, anyway. Then Arwen went and fell in love with him (he tried to keep them separated to prevent this from happening). This troper always saw the marriage challenge (reclaim the kingdom) as less of the impossible marriage quest it's portrayed as in the movie and more of a "You're my kid and I love you dearly, but the enemy is out there and I'm not going to be around forever. Fine, you want to marry Arwen. Man the F' up and unite the race of men for the war. THEN you can get married and give me oodles of grandkids I'll never see".
To trope, or not to trope...that is the question.