#and you'll notice when miriel is vowing to return

[goodobservationshirley]

For I, Míriel, daughter of Ar-Inziladûn, vow this. Númenor will return.

[squid-inspiration]

#no but #so much of their relationship has been built around faith #their faith that this is the right path for both of them #that this is meant to be almost#and it has just turned terribly for miriel and her people #to the point galadriel is shouldering that responsibility entirely #what happens to the southlands would have happened anyway #but the numenoreans didn't have to be there for it #galadriel brought them here #she did that #and you'll notice when miriel is vowing to return #she's not appealing to galadriel's faith anymore #not directly #she's saying 'here's what we're gonna do now. here's how we're going to act' #because this is not just about their faith anymore #this is about their commitment to each other and to seeing this thing through #and arondir's question allows galadriel to echo miriel's commitment #no she does not BELIEVE miriel will return #she knows she will - @goodobservationshirley

For I, Míriel, daughter of Ar-Inziladûn, vow this. Númenor will return.