LOTR Rants | Mostly Aralas

a rant about aralas fanfics

but the tropes in this fic are my main topic of discussion so we're not gonna go too hard on this one

basically it starts out as almost-death battle angst, yk how it goes, we love that and this fic has the HAPPIEST FREAKING ENDING--

like its so sweet.  it's not REALLY happy is the thing, its bittersweet but its written in a way that makes you so happy bc its AFTER SO MUCH ANGST that you're just like oh phew finally we're done with that

anyways i absolutely adore this one and it was my obsession while i was reading it the writing is freaking gorgeous and more importantly the PLOT HAD ME HOOKED. w o w

again i cant really get into this one bc its a big thing for the rest of the chapter so i'll just give yall a quote like i did w hawthorn and if you dont read it i'll be sad </3 :

"Please.  Do not make me grieve for you."

"As if I could every defy your will."

like ASKHSDHASJKFIHAFOWUSDFUIAGQUEFUEWIFGE

okay thats enough of that, all of those are amazing and top tier and i love them but HERES what i REALLY wanted to talk about this chapter

TROPES
IN
ARALAS
FICS

let's talk abt it - the good the bad the common the overused the underused

i was thinking abt this last night non stop so voila this chapter

1, the bad) ANGST

so like the common factor in aralas fics is angst, and a specific type of angst

AND ITS LIKE A SHITTON OF ANGST

And dont get me wrong—I love some angst when it's done well.  While I'm not saying that angst in aralas fics is done BADLY, there are just some angst TROPES that are overused in a Aralas fics and THATS what i dont like

like it was good the first THREE TIMES, now im done

and the main one is the hOnOuR trope

I've brushed on this before and w what I've been reading recently I've absolutely decided that I FREAKING HATE THIS TROPE OKAY LIKE IM DONE STOP

basically it's the trope where Aragorn is like oH nO wE cAnT bE tOgEtHeR bC iM gOnNa bE tHe kInG aNd i hAvE rEsPoNsIbItILiEs aNd exPecTaTiOnS oF wHaT pPl wAnT mE tO bE aNd I hAvE hOnOuR—

LIKE NO. STFU. STOP. IM DONE IM DONE WITH THAT.

AND THEN HE LEAVES AND ITS LIKE A WHOLE THING AND HE GOES AND DOES KINGLY SHIT AND 90% OF THE TIME ARWEN IS SOMEHOW INVOLVED—

im very much done with this trope. If you want angst, if you want them not to be together then give me a different reason.

If I wanted to read abt privileged men's angst stopping relationships then I would just reread the trilogy

Read literally any wheel of time book ever

Any GOT

Fanfics go off of the canon and honestly I'd rather have the immortality trope than this—IM SO SO SO DONE W ARAGORN BEING A PRIVILEGED ANGSTY BITCH IN FICS

Can we stop that. LET THEM BE TOGETHER I BEG OF YOU.

2, the good) focusing more on Mirkwood/Silvan lore/Legolas's life pre FOTR in general

THIS ONE I ABSOLUTELY ADORE

we NEED more fics like this

language of birds and hawthorn ARE NOT ENOUGH I NEED MORE