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sesamenom · 1 year ago

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i like to think that sometime when they were younger, after elrond first told them why they couldn't meet uncle elros, they agreed to make the same decision so they could stay together.

also its interesting if out of all the peredhel El-twins (elured & elurin, elrond & elros, elladan & elrohir) one is more mannish and the other is more elvish

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#not art #also they get to meet the rest of their family #and elrond doesnt have to lose anyone else #they sail maybe a hundred years after the appendices and drag maglor with them #(celeborn goes a little later w thranduil)#so he can stay w what remains of his family #based on their names i headcanon elladan as the more Mannish of the two #and elrohir as the most Noldorin of elrond's kids #and independently they probably would have made different decisions #but after arwen makes her choice they both choose immortality so they can go w elrond.#if they hadnt agreed beforehand elladan would have chosen men and elrohir would have chosen elves #but elladan agreed to choose elves for the same reason earendil did #bc they know after death/sailing they can reunite in valinor #but the mannish afterlife is unknown #elureds name is based on a beorian root according to elfdict so i guess he might be the more mannish one?#and also since his name is heir (elurin is remembrance) maybe hes older #which would have been interesting - what would happen in the sindarin high king chose mortality #elurin would then be the more elvish one #elrond/elros' names seem to support the peredhel name theory (lol)#elrond is elf cave / star dome #depending on the origin version #elros is elf spray / star foam #both of which clearly allude to the numenorean mariners / earendil #they dont have teleri ancestry i think so its probably not in reference to the teleri sailing to valinor (which would prob be an elf thing)#but it could be read as a rejection/sailing away from valinor like the noldorin ancestors #or just earendil identifying w men #meanwhile for elrond cave can refer to menegroth/beleriand #esp since that origin version has m&m finding elrond in a cave and elros outside in the river #hence their names #so that would be a pretty clear thing abt elros' sailing metaphor vs elronds sindar in beleriand metaphor

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