#beren

[kisses-in-the-void]

"The Tale of Tinuviel" was really good

[magicalhideoutengineer]

The treacherous shaft of Curufin that wounded Beren was remembered among Men. Therefore of the folk of Haleth that dwelt in Brethil only the half came forth, and they went not to join Maidros, but came rather to Fingon and Turgon in the West.

- The Lost Road and Other Writings: Quenta Silmarillion

To which Haleth answered: ‘Where are Haldad my father, and Haldar my brother? If the king fears a friendship between Haleth and those who devoured her kin, then the thoughts of the Eldar are strange to Men.’

- The War of Jewels: Of Men

The first passage is an earlier version of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (1937) written before Haleth was changed to a women and had her whole backstory, but the reaction of the Haladin to Beren's wounding by Curufin strongly echoes the attitude of lady Haleth. The Haladin held grudges(good for them). Also it's kinda funny that Celegorm and Curufin really made the Elves in general seem much less untrustworthy in Men's eyes.

[magicalhideoutengineer]

King's Men propaganda: Lúthien didn't move Námo Mandos through her song, but broke into his hall and rescued Beren and brought him back to Middle-earth, so the Valar punished her with death.

[hiamtrash]

[hiamtrash]

[ownclasssputnik]

Beren in Doriath

(Stephen Amell)

[transfemfaramir]

it is simply not true that beren is tall. you got that one wrong tolkien it’s okay. much like a sandwich filling, beren must be short so he can comfortably fit between lúthien and [REDACTED] as they kiss over the top of his head

[magicalhideoutengineer]

I do think there's a striking and interesting difference between how the legacy of two Elf& Men couples: Beren & Lúthien and Tuor & Idril were remembered in-universe or defined by Tolkien. Tuor has another name, Eladar, Starfather (The War of Jewels), clearly referring to his fatherhood of Eärendil. It sounds like a name given to him afterwards. In Shibboleth of Fëanor, it's said, "but Itaril had a great destiny, for she was the mother of Ardamir Eärendil." It suggests to me that in the history of Arda they were primarily remembered as the parents of Eärendil, two people giving birth to (literally and spiritually via their actions in the Fall of Gondolin) the star of hope. Whereas Beren and Lúthien were always remembered by their own tale of getting the Silmarils and being released from Mandos, etc.