Beren

[bunn]

Beren

Comments

[anna_wing]

The whole "several-thousand-year-old person falls for human" idea is fairly inexplicable (though madly popular in some genres of romance). Though in Tolkien's case one can at least argue that Beren, Tuor and Aragorn were all demonstrably quite extraordinary people (I do rather see Beren as an even more insane version of Bear Ghrylls). The fanfic "The Leithian Script" probably does the best job of anyone I've ever seen of explaining Luthien and Beren.

[bunn]

I am happier with Aragorn and Arwen - partly because Arwen isn't really seen to do much, so with them it's really only the age gap - and with Tuor and Idril

[anna_wing]

Beren also spent about ten years in the woods alone fighting the forces of Morgoth solo, extremely successfully.

[bunn]

Well, he doesn't get caught. Counts as a feat, fair does.

But he has the advantage of the land, and catching a single guerrilla fighter on his home ground is notoriously difficult...