#olwyn

No one sang songs or told stories about Hera.

Her brothers were the one who died in war, her father died frozen standing alone against Wulf's men, her cousin Frealaf would then rescue everyone and ascend the throne.

The people saw Frealaf as the one who 'saved' them, the one who brought an army and defeated Wulf's army.

That then would lead to Frealaf being the one to take the throne and wear the crown of Rohan - the one who the people would now see and would be led by until his death.

Hera would then leave alongside Olwyn for Gandalf's invitation, with the instrument that helped created the songs with the only two people who knew what actually happened on the field meant Hera would leave the history books and people's stories.

Frealaf wouldn't sing of Hera because he doesn't know what happened, Rohan's people were too busy rebuilding a kingdom, the entire royal bloodline almost dead, Wulf was killed, Olwyn left with Hera...

Arise now, rider

Arise with the dawn

You don't know what fate awaits

Hama sings Hey Brother while strumming his harp, then excitedly asks “can we keep this in the movie? Please, please, please?”

Wulf repeatedly forgets his lines

When Wulf confesses his love to Herá, after he says “I love you” she just goes “I know” and they both end up laughing

Both Helm and Freca keep laughing during their fight scene, resulting in Wulf guffawing from offscreen: “Stop enjoying yourself, dad, you’re about to die!”

Everyone keeps falling over in the snow, especially Targg

The mumakil runs away and has to be lured back to the set with a bag of peanuts

When Herá shows up to fight Wulf in the wedding dress and he’s like “what is this?” she glances down at the dress and calls back “I think it’s Versace!” and the camera captures them both laughing again before being like “ok, let’s do it for real this time”

During the siege tower fight, Wulf can be heard muttering “Don’t look down, don’t look down” under his breath, implying that he’s scared of heights

Helm’s beard gets tangled in a knot multiple times

Haleth randomly does a Thor impression during one scene and everyone bursts out laughing

The giant eagles keep knocking the cameras over

Lief also keeps forgetting his lines

Olwyn and Herá share a lot of banter on set

Ashere nearly bowls Frealaf over more than once

At one point, while preparing for the scene when the giant eagles come to save the day, Herá begins singing part of Close To You by The Carpenters, specifically the “why do birds suddenly appear” bit; the camera then pans to three women who are background extras swooning over her voice

Whenever Wulf wears that golden crown, it keeps falling down over his eyes mid scene

So I'm a little too obsessed now and ordered this and the art book (which comes out in February) and it's got some very interesting information about ages and relationships that'll be very useful going forward so I'll drop the ages below and anything else interesting I found

@littlefallof-rain VS. @rollinolwyn

kosmina, before the fall.