THE CHOICE
A/N: Just my thoughts about what made Arwen decide to stay. Whipped it up
in about five minutes! Enjoy. :)
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Soon, I will have to choose.
It's a terrible choice that no one should ever have to make. It is a choice that makes me weep everytime I think of it. Do I sail to the Valinor and leave behind the man I love? Or do I stay and accept that I shall never see my family again?
My father presses me everyday for my decision and I know that he does not mean to cause me distress. But it anguishes me, tearing at my heart. No what the final outcome may be, I will be losing something close to my heart.
Just this afternoon, I stood with Aragorn for the last time before his journey. He told me that I had the chance for another life. I know he loves me, so he wants what is best for me and yet I could not imagine life without him. He has been a pillar of strength whenever I needed him most and the joy I feel I feel when he is near . . . is breathtaking.
I have never tried, but I am sure that I would fall apart without him.
Sometimes I think that my mind's made up, that the decision is final. But then a haunting image of my mother appears. I know she sailed long ago to the Valinor and I know she would be crushed if my father did not bring me back to her. And then Aragorn's image materializes beside hers and my heartbeat quickens.
I love my father, my brothers, my mother, my kin. They are part of my being. I have known them all my long existence and would be severely grieved to ever have to part with them.
Now I am seriously considering what I will ultimately decide. Aragorn is right, I DO have a chance for a life away from all of this; the grief, despair and hatred. But maybe I coudl do something about that. Maybe, in a world that is beginning to breed hate, I can show the peoples of Middle Earth how life SHOULD be. I could die happily if I knew that I had contributed to this world.
As Aragorn's queen, it would all be possible.
Aragorn . . .
My love for him burns deep inside of me. It shall never be extinguished. If I were to sail to the Valinor, I would be no happier there without him than here without my family. In the Valinor, everything must be wonderful and perfect. But here, there are things that need to be looked after, things that are just begging to be changed. Here I can make a difference.
That's it then. I have decided. My choice is that of Luthien, and I choose the same bittersweet end as she did.
I will stay with the man I love.
END
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Soon, I will have to choose.
It's a terrible choice that no one should ever have to make. It is a choice that makes me weep everytime I think of it. Do I sail to the Valinor and leave behind the man I love? Or do I stay and accept that I shall never see my family again?
My father presses me everyday for my decision and I know that he does not mean to cause me distress. But it anguishes me, tearing at my heart. No what the final outcome may be, I will be losing something close to my heart.
Just this afternoon, I stood with Aragorn for the last time before his journey. He told me that I had the chance for another life. I know he loves me, so he wants what is best for me and yet I could not imagine life without him. He has been a pillar of strength whenever I needed him most and the joy I feel I feel when he is near . . . is breathtaking.
I have never tried, but I am sure that I would fall apart without him.
Sometimes I think that my mind's made up, that the decision is final. But then a haunting image of my mother appears. I know she sailed long ago to the Valinor and I know she would be crushed if my father did not bring me back to her. And then Aragorn's image materializes beside hers and my heartbeat quickens.
I love my father, my brothers, my mother, my kin. They are part of my being. I have known them all my long existence and would be severely grieved to ever have to part with them.
Now I am seriously considering what I will ultimately decide. Aragorn is right, I DO have a chance for a life away from all of this; the grief, despair and hatred. But maybe I coudl do something about that. Maybe, in a world that is beginning to breed hate, I can show the peoples of Middle Earth how life SHOULD be. I could die happily if I knew that I had contributed to this world.
As Aragorn's queen, it would all be possible.
Aragorn . . .
My love for him burns deep inside of me. It shall never be extinguished. If I were to sail to the Valinor, I would be no happier there without him than here without my family. In the Valinor, everything must be wonderful and perfect. But here, there are things that need to be looked after, things that are just begging to be changed. Here I can make a difference.
That's it then. I have decided. My choice is that of Luthien, and I choose the same bittersweet end as she did.
I will stay with the man I love.
END