Side blog for my current LotR obsession

These are the veins of mother nature.

The idea of Elves and Men eventually revering Luthien as a trickster spirit, a patron of impossible tasks and daring escapes, really appeals to me. Luthien steals herself from her father, a Silmaril from Morgoth, and her lover from Námo, which is a nice, tidy, fairy-tale worthy major triad of undeniable thievery. A slightly more diffuse trend of general (but laudable) trickery and skullduggery is demonstrated by Luthien stealing a dog from a prince; Luthien and Huan luring out and killing Tol Sirion’s guards one by one, undetected until Drauglin found them; Luthien making disguises out of the skins of vampires and werewolves and pretending to be a servant of Morgoth to sneak into Angband; and Luthien laying spells of weariness and sleep on Sauron, elves, wolves, and Morgoth alike to win some fights, sneak around, and pry a gem from Morgoth’s crown.

actually the films hitting us with the lines “i would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone” and “she walks in starlight in another world” is perfectly in line with book canon considering that jirt invented romance when he wrote “don’t go where i can’t follow”. lord of the rings? idk her. this is lord of the raw as hell romantic dialogue