still alive, more or less; why Aragorn is (and isn't) sexy

[darkkitten1]

Real life sucks. Especially in the winter when you cannot sail. I was going to rant about various things that have kept me in LJ exile, but now that I've written the above few sentences, I think that pretty much says it all, and the details would only be boring. But I'm back, and I missed you guys, much! It will take me a little while to get caught

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[bowdlerized]

I have nothing enlightening to contribute to this discussion...but I'm glad you're back! :D

[prillalar]

I'm glad to see you back! While I don't desire Aragorn, I did find him much more compelling in the movie. In fact, in the books, he bores me stiff. In the books, he's very static. His situation changes, but he doesn't. I was so pleased that he had a character arc in the movie -- the whole tension between his elven upbringing and his human destiny. It really humanized him.

[rane_ab]

Welcome back! *hugs*

Re: Aragorn… Well, to me the movies were all about the hobbits, anyway. *g* So yeah, I'm one of those rare people who really doesn't have anything with Aragorn or Legolas or whoever. Just the hobbits. Might be because I'm only just reading TTT now… Though, the books are all about the hobbits to me, too. :-)

I do find Aragorn sexy on some level -- he's just not quite interesting enough to me. I actually like book!Aragorn much better than movie!Aragorn; perhaps because I know more about him now.

I do, however, deeply approve of Viggo's hair (among other details *g*), which appears to have inherited the worst aspects of both Snape's and Sirius's. Movie-Aragorn's hair is both greasy AND tangled, and somehow it manages to look both unwashed and wet simultaneously. As does the rest of him.:: laughs :: This amuses me to no end. I hadn't even noticed, to be honest. *g* But, yeah, before his coronation, and especially in FotR, he has a lot in common with Snape. Not just the hair. Like Snape, he's a sort of spy who's