#Meanwhile the house of Haleth which possibly contains brunettes is only described with greatest discomfort as
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If the character didn’t have black hair, grey eyes, and pale skin Tolkien was too ashamed to tell us what they looked like.
#I know he sometimes tells us they’re blonde#And there was that one time we got a whole description of Frodo!#But apart from this#We only ever shy near Legolas’ appearance when he’s standing in the dark#so any possibly offensive hair colour is covered by the night#Tolkien explicitly states that there are black roots in Saruman’s hair; even he wasn’t free from it#Our brown-haired friend Boromir is promptly villainised#Meanwhile his raven brother gets a dramatic kiss in which his hair plays a unique part#The man had something big against brunettes#Not to mention all of the Noldor being of that colouring. It takes Indis and earwen to make blonde children#Mahtan produces a few free radicals but majority of nerdanel’s kids are still raven#The entire house of Nolofinwe is a noldoran stereotype#Luthien! And all her kids!#The house of Bëor#Meanwhile the house of Haleth which possibly contains brunettes is only described with greatest discomfort as#‘Of like colouring’ or something to the house of Bëor and ‘lesser stature’#Tolkien politely refuses to comment on the hair of either Huor or Eärendil#both of which are most likely blond given their ancestry#Anyway#silm shitpost#tolkien shitpost#tolkien#jrr tolkien#lotr#lord of the rings#tolkien legendarium#tolkien lore#silmarillion#silm#the silmarillion
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