The Marriage Proposal Story: Part 1and Only
This is my idea of why, in the movie, Lord Elrond wants Arwen to ditch Aragorn. It is a lie. It is not true. This starts out at the very beginning of the Council of Elrond.
Frodo twitched. The seat he sat in was rather comfortable, but still. Gandalf had taken him to the Council so early! He cracked his neck, and winced again. "Not my day..." he mumbled. Gandalf looked down at him sternly, and Frodo regretted his words. His nose twitched. He glanced around, and started. Almost all of the seats were filled. Apparently they had been here longer than he thought.
Lord Elrond stood. "Strangers of distant lands," he began, and then paused. "Do any of you have anything to say?" he said sternly. Frodo glanced about, and saw that Elrond was staring down at a group of elves, from the realm of Mirkwood. One of them stood. "Lord Elrond," he said "I am Legolas Greenleaf, Prince of Mirkwood."
"And what is it you have to say, Legolas Greenleaf?" asked Elrond. Legolas glanced around at his companions, but none of them made any move to speak. "Lord Elrond," he said again. "I am part of an envoy sent by Thranduil. My father has sent me and my companions here to ask you a question of great importance."
"I'm sure it is," Elrond murmured.
Legolas flushed slightly. "I now ask you," he said, "for the hand of your daughter, the Lady Arwen Undomiel, in marriage." Even as Frodo watched, Aragorn tensed, and sat straight up. Arwen (whom Frodo had not even seen) let out a small gasp of horror.
"My father and I would have you know that if the proposal is not accepted, there shall be no hard feelings." said Legolas, watching Arwen and Aragorn. "Relations shall be the same as always between Mirkwood and Rivendell."
As things were rather tense between Rivendell and Mirkwood at the time, it really is no wonder that Elrond wanted Arwen to accept the proposal.
After this, the Council of Elrond continues as it always has.
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"No!" said Arwen forcefully.
"Arwen, be reasonable!" said Elrond angrily. "Aragorn is going to go off into this war, and he is only mortal. He may die. If he does, you will be left alone in this world, wishing for him. This is a good marriage!"
"I love Aragorn," said Arwen softly. "And he may not die, father, he may live. And we can be together, and be happy, if only for the life span of a mortal."
"If he survives, you will still have to become mortal." said Elrond bitterly. "And he will die, and you will wander the world alone and friendless until your shortened mortal life goes out, like a mere flicker, the flicker it will be if you stay with Aragorn!"
"A flicker of happiness is better then an age of sorrow!" said Arwen, angry now. "I won't father, I won't!" With that, she ran away bitterly, hating her father, hating herself, hating life. Okay, she didn't hate life,because Aragorn was in life. Yeah, anyhow...
"My lady Arwen," Legolas's voice said. She glanced up, and he was standing there.
"Legolas," she said softly.
"I know it does not please you," he said.
"What?" she said, startled.
"The proposal," he said. "I have seen the way you and Aragorn look at each other, and I know it would be wrong to separate you."
"No, no," she said. "It is what would be best for us. We truly would be happy together, and-"
He cut her off. "I would not separate two people like yourself and Aragorn." His tone was gentle. "You were made for each other. To separate you, to be the one who cut you apart, would be a crime I could not commit."
"My father would not hesitate to do so," said Arwen. "There is no hope."
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"Is that what you would have me tell her?" Aragorn said.
"It was a dream, nothing but a dream!" said Elrond. "The two of you are not cut from the same wood, you are two different people. Let her leave. Let her go to the undying lands with her people."
"And let her wait for Legolas there," said Aragorn bitterly. "So she can be happy, being a princess in the undying land."
"Her happiness is in your hands," said Elrond. "I leave it to you to decide what to do with it."
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"I am breaking off the proposal," said Legolas. "I do not have wish to marry you. Not if Aragorn is yours."
"He is not mine, and I am not his!" said Arwen. "We would not be right for each other."
"I am breaking off the proposal," Legolas repeated. "And I can see the joy in your eyes when I say this."
"Am I not lovely to you?" said Arwen.
"As lovely as a fragile rose on the bush," said Legolas, "but to take the rose off the bush would be to destroy it. As it would destroy you to take you away from Aragorn."
He bowed low. "I go now to your father!" he said. "And I will tell him, that it could not be so."
He strode away. Arwen stared after him.
"Arwen,"
She spun around. Aragorn was there.
"Go," he said.
"What?" she said.
"To the undying lands," said Aragorn. "With your people."
"You cannot be saying this!" Arwen breathed. "That is not what is meant to happen."
"It was a dream, Arwen," he said. She had never seen him looking so sad. "Nothing more."
He held out his hand. In it was her Evenstar pendant.
She smiled weakly. "It was a gift," she said, "and gifts are meant to be kept."
He nodded, and as he walked away slowly, Arwen could feel her heart breaking.
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I would like to say that the people in this story use really silly language sometime. It might bother you.. But that's the way it goes, okay? It would sound really dumb if Legolas tells Arwen she's hot. Right? Reviews, please. Or not.
This is my idea of why, in the movie, Lord Elrond wants Arwen to ditch Aragorn. It is a lie. It is not true. This starts out at the very beginning of the Council of Elrond.
Frodo twitched. The seat he sat in was rather comfortable, but still. Gandalf had taken him to the Council so early! He cracked his neck, and winced again. "Not my day..." he mumbled. Gandalf looked down at him sternly, and Frodo regretted his words. His nose twitched. He glanced around, and started. Almost all of the seats were filled. Apparently they had been here longer than he thought.
Lord Elrond stood. "Strangers of distant lands," he began, and then paused. "Do any of you have anything to say?" he said sternly. Frodo glanced about, and saw that Elrond was staring down at a group of elves, from the realm of Mirkwood. One of them stood. "Lord Elrond," he said "I am Legolas Greenleaf, Prince of Mirkwood."
"And what is it you have to say, Legolas Greenleaf?" asked Elrond. Legolas glanced around at his companions, but none of them made any move to speak. "Lord Elrond," he said again. "I am part of an envoy sent by Thranduil. My father has sent me and my companions here to ask you a question of great importance."
"I'm sure it is," Elrond murmured.
Legolas flushed slightly. "I now ask you," he said, "for the hand of your daughter, the Lady Arwen Undomiel, in marriage." Even as Frodo watched, Aragorn tensed, and sat straight up. Arwen (whom Frodo had not even seen) let out a small gasp of horror.
"My father and I would have you know that if the proposal is not accepted, there shall be no hard feelings." said Legolas, watching Arwen and Aragorn. "Relations shall be the same as always between Mirkwood and Rivendell."
As things were rather tense between Rivendell and Mirkwood at the time, it really is no wonder that Elrond wanted Arwen to accept the proposal.
After this, the Council of Elrond continues as it always has.
************
"No!" said Arwen forcefully.
"Arwen, be reasonable!" said Elrond angrily. "Aragorn is going to go off into this war, and he is only mortal. He may die. If he does, you will be left alone in this world, wishing for him. This is a good marriage!"
"I love Aragorn," said Arwen softly. "And he may not die, father, he may live. And we can be together, and be happy, if only for the life span of a mortal."
"If he survives, you will still have to become mortal." said Elrond bitterly. "And he will die, and you will wander the world alone and friendless until your shortened mortal life goes out, like a mere flicker, the flicker it will be if you stay with Aragorn!"
"A flicker of happiness is better then an age of sorrow!" said Arwen, angry now. "I won't father, I won't!" With that, she ran away bitterly, hating her father, hating herself, hating life. Okay, she didn't hate life,because Aragorn was in life. Yeah, anyhow...
"My lady Arwen," Legolas's voice said. She glanced up, and he was standing there.
"Legolas," she said softly.
"I know it does not please you," he said.
"What?" she said, startled.
"The proposal," he said. "I have seen the way you and Aragorn look at each other, and I know it would be wrong to separate you."
"No, no," she said. "It is what would be best for us. We truly would be happy together, and-"
He cut her off. "I would not separate two people like yourself and Aragorn." His tone was gentle. "You were made for each other. To separate you, to be the one who cut you apart, would be a crime I could not commit."
"My father would not hesitate to do so," said Arwen. "There is no hope."
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"Is that what you would have me tell her?" Aragorn said.
"It was a dream, nothing but a dream!" said Elrond. "The two of you are not cut from the same wood, you are two different people. Let her leave. Let her go to the undying lands with her people."
"And let her wait for Legolas there," said Aragorn bitterly. "So she can be happy, being a princess in the undying land."
"Her happiness is in your hands," said Elrond. "I leave it to you to decide what to do with it."
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"I am breaking off the proposal," said Legolas. "I do not have wish to marry you. Not if Aragorn is yours."
"He is not mine, and I am not his!" said Arwen. "We would not be right for each other."
"I am breaking off the proposal," Legolas repeated. "And I can see the joy in your eyes when I say this."
"Am I not lovely to you?" said Arwen.
"As lovely as a fragile rose on the bush," said Legolas, "but to take the rose off the bush would be to destroy it. As it would destroy you to take you away from Aragorn."
He bowed low. "I go now to your father!" he said. "And I will tell him, that it could not be so."
He strode away. Arwen stared after him.
"Arwen,"
She spun around. Aragorn was there.
"Go," he said.
"What?" she said.
"To the undying lands," said Aragorn. "With your people."
"You cannot be saying this!" Arwen breathed. "That is not what is meant to happen."
"It was a dream, Arwen," he said. She had never seen him looking so sad. "Nothing more."
He held out his hand. In it was her Evenstar pendant.
She smiled weakly. "It was a gift," she said, "and gifts are meant to be kept."
He nodded, and as he walked away slowly, Arwen could feel her heart breaking.
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I would like to say that the people in this story use really silly language sometime. It might bother you.. But that's the way it goes, okay? It would sound really dumb if Legolas tells Arwen she's hot. Right? Reviews, please. Or not.