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[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

Look, Aragon is described in the source material as of pale completion, dark hair with grey flecks, and green eyes. He is DĂșnedain, descended from the numenorean (sp), which are also described as pale skinned, dark haired, and tall. To me, that suggests Tolkien wrote him white.

But guess what: people can make whatever adaptions they want. He's a fictitious character.

If you don't like it, just don't consume it!

[-] amtwon@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also, canonically Aragorn and the Numenoreans can't grow beards, but no one is ever mad about that lol

EDIT: Numenoreans can grow beards, but not the royal line, which is part elvish

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thought it was that it took way longer for them to hit "beard age"

Also the pictured Aragon has a beard to so that's a moot point

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they're very much taking a dump on the source material there.

[-] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, you didn't read the whole message, did you? ;)

[-] HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe he's just pale for a human, because all humans are black in LOTR. The elves are brown, and that's pale from a human perspective.

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