Andromeda24601 - Have You Ever Confused A Dream With Life?

Can we talk about the scene in Fellowship of the Ring where Arwen first appears for a second?

Aragorn goes from “oh shit” to “really, Arwen?” in like three seconds. Like he’s scared one moment, and then he’s just fondly annoyed.

I appreciate this scene for so many reasons.

“You know, she was four years old the first time she beat me at hide and seek. Four. I was looking for her for hours. When I finally found her she just smiled. You know, that Effy smile that means ‘you don’t know me at all, and you never will’. See that’s a kind of magic. She’s so good at concealing things… hiding, avoiding. But I do know her. And I know that she has got so much love in her heart. But the thought of letting it out, showing her cards, scares her to death.”

— Anthea Stonem, Skins

“She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.”

— Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“There is hope, but not for us.” - Franz Kafka