#wulf x hera

[silly-dandelion]

A little bonus:

[fairyringsandwings]

Wulf wanted Héra to kill him during their final battle

The battle was lost. Wulf could not beat her no matter how hard he tried and Héra could not bring herself to kill him. To force her hand, he repeats their childhood battle.

Wulf gets his scar during a play fight with Héra. He lets his emotions take over him after she starts winning and lashes out violently, forcing Héra to fight back just as harshly to defend herself. He is scarred as a result.

"From the moment I met you I knew you would be my doom." - Wulf to Héra 

After Wulf says this line during the final battle, I think this is when he truly has given up on trying to defeat Héra and shifts to trying to force her to put him out of his misery.

After uttering her name he throws a dagger to distract her and then lunges at her with his longer sword. He has an opportunity to impale her directly, but he misses, his sword moving to the side of her instead. Héra grabs his wrist to attempt to stop the attack, but if that blade had been intended to impale her, it would have been too late and already gone straight through her. He missed on purpose.

By this point, he wanted her to end things and he knew the only way she would do that, was if she was forced too. So just like that first fight as children, he lashes out with everything he has.

And it works.

Small note. During this moment when they are both in a temporary stalemate in each other's arms, the camera does show Wulf looking at Héra. It's hard to interpret what he's thinking in that moment, but the look he gives her feels telling. A silent goodbye perhaps? A moment to savour being so near too her before he forces her to end things?

He truly did love her (not in a healthy sense, certainly) but there is a lot of irony about their final battle that he must notice.

Wulf wanted to marry Héra but she rejected him. And now here she is in a bridal gown that she dawns as armour. Instead of a bouquet of flower, there is a sword in her hand. In place of an aisle, she walks down a siege tower to greet him. Instead of being surrounded by their loved ones, they are all dead and buried. A twisted sickly version of everything he wanted.

[my-complicated-pairs]

After seeing The War of the Rohirrim trailer I decided to check some Tolkien wiki to get to know about Wulf's fate in Tolkien's canon.

That guy dies as unredeemed villain, so there's no hope for canon enemies to lovers with him and Hera. Well, at least we may get some good friends/almost-lovers to enemies stuff. And I hope that Hera won't turn out to be a self-righteous girlboss, who's treated as a hero only because she's a protagonist.

[darklinaforever]

Yeah... A knew ship.

[hhighkey]

just saw ‘war of the rohirrim’ and the whole time i was like …. soooo wulf and hera … friends to enemies to lovers ??? shoulda kissed at least once 😖

[buffyfan145]

Not sure if other Haladriel shippers saw but the images from the new anime LOTR movie out later this year, "The War of the Rohirrim", the main female hero Hera and the main male villain Wulf are giving major Haladriel vibes!!! LOL 😮 Here's a pic from a tweet from FOF:

Hera is one of Eowyn's ancestors but the headpiece is reminding me of Galadriel. Plus, Wulf is human but reminds me of Halbrand. I was excited about this movie anyway and not sure what their scenes will be like but I'm just getting reminded of Haladriel and enemies to lovers ships so much. LOL 😀

[christophertheimaginative]

Recently, after seeing the new trailers for Terminator Zero and The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, which both looked amazing with outstanding heroine characters Eiko and Hera, respectively, I couldn’t help myself just thinking of a crossover yuri ship that I thought would be good.

Eiko x Hera

Made several edits of the two heroines together if they were to meet in an alternate universe (per say if Eiko found herself in Middle-Earth instead or something like that) and how their chemistry would play out, let alone romantically.

Then again, I couldn’t help myself come up with this ship because both characters are incredible (and I with all do respect do appreciate the possible Hera x Wulf pairing for the War of the Rohirrim movie coming up), as well as the Terminator anime series this August and the Lord of the Rings anime movie this December.

Regardless, I believe they’re both amazing heroines. Might make a good crossover pairing as well.

Update: Just watched the whole season of Terminator Zero and it was marvellous. Looking forward to The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim this holiday season!

[buffyfan145]

As promised here's my comparison post about how similar the Haladriel (Sauron/Galadriel) and Hèra/Wulf ships are from the LOTR projects "The Rings of Power" and "The War of the Rohirrim". 😀 I loved the movie and totally rec it and am a fan of ROP, and now ship both of these ships. I figured they would be alike, but it was even more than I thought. Putting most of this behind a cut for spoilers for both and length but will say again like I did in my review post that Hèra & Wulf both by themselves and their relationship felt like how we've written a lot of 1st Age fics about Galadriel & Sauron back when they were Artanis & Mairon and during The War of Wrath.

To start with the characters themselves, Hèra is very similar to how Galadriel was in the 1st Age and the beginning of ROP as she was a princess named Artanis and the only daughter of one of the Nolder elves.

Also with their costumes she wears mostly green, white, and gold, while he wears dark colors. They also look somewhat like the actors on ROP, especially Wulf with Sauron's Halbrand form.

Like Galadriel, she also has 2 older brothers: Haleth, the heir to the throne and a warrior like their father, and Hama, a musician. Galadriel's oldest brother Finrod was actually similar to both of Hèra's brothers.

Hèra's father Helm Hammerhand is the King of Rohan, similar to how Galadriel's father is one of the elvish kings in Valinor. Helm also notices how his daughter is very head strong and more like her brothers, and grows to respect that. One of Galadriel's older names Nerwen means "man maiden" and she was described as being the same, athletic (both projects have them climbing icy mountains), and excellent with horses.

The people of Rohan are descended from the Númenóreans which this movie seems to suggest they've inherited things from Elros, Elrond's twin brother who were part man, elf, and Maiar. Helm and Haleth seem to have superstrength, Hama is not only a skilled musician but archer, and Hèra's own character, warrior like nature, and personality came across more elvish to me too and she ends up being able to get help from the eagles.

Now with Wulf he's from the wild men that lived on Middle Earth before the Númenóreans came, or the Southlanders as they called them in ROP. He, as well as Haleth and a few other characters have the same accent Halbrand has, or Northern English.

Because of this Wulf and his people are made to feel less than, which is why Wulf's father Freca partly wanted to marry Wulf and Hèra to unite their peoples (but Freca also wanted to take over).

This difference is also pointed out because Helm was going to marry off Hèra to a prince from Gondor, which not only angered Wulf and his father, but Hèra herself as she had no idea of it. Reminded me of how Galadriel's husband Celeborn is a prince from Doraith.

Wulf's also influenced first by his father and then General Targ to seek vengeance, which twists him similar to Sauron when he was Mairon and turning his back on the Valar to follow Morgoth.

Unlike Sauron though Wulf actually tells Hèra that he loves her multiple times. He's been in love with her since they were kids, so it started from a natural and good place but sadly it turns toxic as he gets eviler.

Like the elves too Hèra comes across as being asexual, likely demisexual, which a lot of the elves, Maiar, and Valar seem to fit that. They usually only fall in love once or twice, and some even decide to never marry. I feel Hèra fits into this as I feel she did care for Wulf, especially how he used to be and with her trying to find him when he disappeared. I do feel if what happened between their fathers never happened, which started Wulf's downward spiral and the war, that their childhood friendship would've turned into love. He already loves her, and I feel with time she would've realized she loves him too. Sadly, it just never happened.

At one point Wulf kidnaps Hèra and proposes to her a 2nd time, similar to how we thought a scene with Haladriel was going to happen. She pretends to accept at first (similar to Galadriel in the season 2 finale with Nenya) but then Wulf realizes she's lying and cuts her on the face with his sword. She actually accidentally cut him on the face when they were kids and he claimed it marked him for her, so he left a mark on her too. This also happened with the crown wound in the season 2 finale with Haladriel.

After the cut and fight Hèra jumps out of the building similar to Galadriel jumping off the cliff. Wulf lets her go for now knowing they'll battle again soon.

Sadly, like Galadriel both of her brothers are killed by Wulf and his men. Galadriel's brothers all died during The War of Wrath by Sauron and his forces. Unlike Wulf, Sauron actually apologized for it in season 1.

Then the final fight at the renamed Helm's deep Hèra saves the people of Rohan by going out to face Wulf alone knowing he'll only be focused on her. Galadriel also helped the people of Eregion escape before facing Sauron in the s2 finale.

During this fight (which is pictured above) she wears an old wedding dress which angers Wulf as he mentions it was supposed to be them marrying instead of fighting. Reminded me of how in the show ROP we see Nenya as being the engagement ring Sauron (with Celebrimbor's help) made for Galadriel and she keeps it. Wulf is also wearing her father's crown, like how Sauron had Morgoth's crown in the show.

Then the line she says when Wulf asks her who she's marrying then if it's not him and she replies "Death". LOL Obviously Galadriel still ends up with Celeborn but that line was fantastic as I could see her saying it too to Sauron.

There's a moment in the fight too where it looks like Wulf is going to surrender and become prisoner. You can tell this is the ending Hèra wants as she still cares for him and hopes he can repent and redeem himself. Sadly, he tricks her and it's clear he's gotten rid of his goodness and only death can stop him.

After he dies you can see her sadness at losing him too along with almost all her family. Now for Sauron we know there was a chance he could still be redeemed after everything with him and Galadriel being immortal and that Tolkien was going to write Morgoth coming back in Dagor Dagorwrath. They all were supposed to unite to defeat Morgoth for the final time. So, there's always a hope that Sauron will be redeemed and that there's still a chance there for him and Galadriel, unlike here where both characters will die human deaths with unknown afterlife fates.

The ending too had a slight similarity as Gandalf contacts Hèra, now a shieldmaiden in her cousin's kingdom, to help assist him as she saw two orcs looking for rings for Sauron. So, it was a nice connection there and I love that Hèra is involved in the War of the Ring somewhat, which leaves it open a bit that she could be included in future projects for either anime or the live-action movies, and what we're seeing the show play out too.

[buffyfan145]

Just saw the new LOTR movie "The War of the Rohirrim" and it was great!!! 😀 I loved the characters, especially Hèra and her family and even Wulf and a few supporting characters, the story, and getting to hear Éowyn narrate it. Really cool to see it as an anime too. I totally get now why a few critics and fans said it feels like a blend of the original trilogy movies and "Rings of Power", as it does feel like it fits with both versions so I totally rec it for fans of both. Hèra reminded me at times too of Galadriel in the 1st Age as Artanis, and of course I'm a Haladriel shipper (Galadriel and Sauron) and I totally saw similarities between her and Wulf's relationship, and Wulf to Sauron. I'm going to do a whole separate post soon with spoilers about how similar the ships are (more so in the 1st Age as Artanis/Mairon but also in the show), and yes I do still ship them despite how tragic it all became. Also, loved too that Wulf, Haleth, and a few others had the same accent Halbrand does and so many attractive characters too!!! LOL🥰

Overall it was great and it's for sure a movie I can rewatch and add to all the Tolkien stuff I have when it's out on DVD. 🐎

[buffyfan145]

Interesting article from ScreenRant comparing how it seems the upcoming LOTR movie "The War of Rohirrim" is repeating Haladriel from "Rings of Power" in their movie, which a lot of us including me have noticed ever since the trailer for the movie came out. 😀 It was confirmed at NYCC last month that the movie did add more to Héra and Wulf's story by making them childhood friends that get pulled into this war between their fathers when the marriage of the two gets proposed by Wulf's dad but then Héra's father Helm kills him, making them enemies. They also confirmed Wulf did develop feelings for her and it's possible she was going to if it just played out naturally. So it's a bit different from Haladriel but not that much, and it's fun seeing ScreenRant compare the two ships, as I have a feeling I'm going to end up shipping these two as well as it falls right into ships I normally like just like Haladriel. LOL However, the article did get it wrong saying there's not things in the LOTR books to suggest something might've happened between Haladriel, as we've had so many posts finding things in the books that could now fit this almost like it was hidden in there. However, it is true that the proposed marriage alliance between Héra and Wulf is in the appendices, it's just not in that much detail since it's just a short part of the appendices, so the movie will explore it more.

Also, unlike what is suggested in the story Haladriel likely had no influence on the movie since Amazon and the movies' studio WBD are rivals and they can't work together legally, so as of now it's just similar by chance. Plus, Wulf (who does resembles Sauron's Halbrand form) does get some of Sauron's followers of the men to join his side against Rohan so there's going to be connections to Haladriel in the movie too. I'll be seeing the movie next month and so excited for it not just for this possible knew ship but also as I love Éowyn and this is part of her ancestry, and I'm all for more animated LOTR films.

[fairyringsandwings]

Kingdom's Fall Sneak Peek

Summary: During the battle of Edoras, a wounded Héra is unable to escape and falls in enemy hands once more. Wuléra (Wulf x Héra).

Olwyn had been right. It hadn't been a good plan. For all Fréaláf determination to make things right and his swiftness and prowess in combat, he was only a man. All it took was one archer gone unnoticed. A drawstring pulled taunt. An arrow slicing through the air. A moment's lapse of attention. And Héra, Princess of Rohan, daughter of Helm, was struck in the chest. The pain almost sends her hurtling off her horse and right into enemy arms once more. It is only sheer stubbornness that keeps her clinging on. The party returns to Helm Hall. And prepare for war.

[buffyfan145]

Also about that latest interview I thought he was going to ask more about "The War of the Rohirrim" as again I'm seeing from critics and those that have seen the movie already, as it's out in some countries, that Hèra and Wulf's characters and relationship is similar to Galadriel and Sauron's in the show, especially his Halbrand persona. I've even seen some saying that Wulf is like the theory back in s1 that if Halbrand was a normal human but became one of the 9 and turned evil. Morfydd did say she's excited to see it, as am I though probably won't be able to till maybe the 15th if it doesn't sell out. So I'm avoiding most spoilers (besides what's in the appendices) but still curious to see how it is and the similarities.

[buffyfan145]

In a bit of good news today the upcoming LOTR anime movie "The War of the Rohirrim" is getting Funko Pops. 😀 I like how they look and will probably get them after the see the movie next month. Also, for "Rings of Power" fans I think Wulf also would be perfect as a model to use for those that make custom ones to be Halbrand/Sauron since the show still doesn't have merch rights for this yet and Galadriel does have a movie one.

[fairyringsandwings]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of The Rings: The War of Rohirrim, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Héra/Wulf, Wulf/Héra Characters: Hera, Wulf (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Fix-It, Dark, Accidentally buried alive, Smut, Unhealthy Relationships, spoilers for the movie, One-Shot Summary:

Wulf survives and hunts for the Princess who brought him to his knees. (Wulf x Héra)

[fairyringsandwings]

So we finally agreed on an official ship name for Wulf x Hera ? 😅

Wulèra! The perfect mix of both names!

[buffyfan145]

Just got more info about the new LOTR anime movie "The War of the Rohirrim" and it sounds great!!! 😀 They will also be at SDCC Friday having a panel and a possible trailer just like s2 of "Rings of Power'. I'm not kidding too when I say this sounds like a Haladriel fic (besides the characters looking like a red-haired Galadriel and Halbrand) as Hèra, Éowyn's ancestor, was childhood friends with Wulf, their now enemy and a lot of the story is having to deal with him betraying her and changing for the worst. Even more excited to see it.