ittookmelongenoughtodothis:

#so fun fact: medieval heroes were narratively/culturally required to show submission to their lord/king #and if the hero WAS a king then they must show submission to god #but since this is middle-earth Aragorn shows constant submission to his fellows instead #and very very publicly in the end #which is a really cool way of maintaining the historical/literary inspiration while evolving the form to something new #like i’m no monarchist but it’s fantasy brent and i love me some inverted historical tropes