Response to Still Not King

[bentleywg]

http://niniane.blogspot.com/2012/12/james-sent-me-this-secret-diary-of.html

"James sent me this "Secret Diary of Aragorn" post. It pretends to be the diary of Aragorn from Lord of the Rings.

"I was very bothered by it, and wrote James this heated reply:
"It is quite untrue to the characters! Aragorn was always conflicted whether he ought to become king -- the whole fear of inheriting the corruption from his ancestor and "this weakness runs also in my veins". The "still not king" theme really goes against his central passion as a character!

"Also he showed no predilection whatsoever to being attracted to hobbits. I feel like this writing just took a bunch of cheap shots that are not based on the actual book.

"Here is what I would write instead:"

Comments

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

Oh, brother. Bit dim, isn't she.