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Elrond. I like that he's half-elven, that he's compassionate despite everything that's happened to him, he's a good father (and probably a good husband/leader/etc.), he's a healer and also a warrior if needed. Elrond is all around the best character ever to me.

Luthien/Beren. I love that Luthien is so active in getting what she wants. I like that Beren listens to her. I like their two cultures, and their whole epic love.

Aragorn/Faramir. I love hurt/comfort and I like that Aragorn saved Faramir. I like that Aragorn is like everything scholar!Faramir has dreamed of. Faramir is my second favorite character. I love the loyalty and wisdom in him and surrounding his character (including Beregond saving him). I love the idea of the Stewards faithfully waiting so long and then their king finally returns.

The Houses of Healing - see above. I love seeing that Aragorn is known to be king not by his warrior ability but because of his healing. And that he saves Faramir and Eowyn, and how he teases Merry. And we get to see Eomer and Eowyn interact.

Head-canon: My headcanon is that Elrond has a strong affinity for water, stemming from Ulmo's blessing upon Tuor and his line. He lives by the sea or by waterfalls - anywhere there is a lot of water, which will obey his command. Also, he has a more Sindarin outlook, despite being raised by Feanorians. He forgave them but he didn't forget what they did either.

I also headcanon that Gil-galad is far more Teleri than most people know because his mom was Teleri and he was raised by Cirdan. They both had a hand in shaping his worldview. I think this is part of the reason his reign lasted so long.

Elrond is pretty awesome and one of my favorites. Considering all he's been through and is still going through, he's amazingly strong to still be holding it together. I love your headcanon for him and for Gil-galad as well.

Luthien/Beren is my favorite canon pairing too. They are awesome.

In my experience, a lot of people really love the idea of Maglor as Elros and Elrond's "true" dad - that they headcanon Elrond as disliking his biological dad because Earendil abandoned him, and that Elrond thinks of Maglor as his dad. This is one headcanon that rubs me the wrong way (though I would never tell anyone that it's wrong or that they shouldn't like it if that's their thing - I just personally really don't like it).

I think it has a lot to do with how popular the Feanorians and the Noldor are. But I love the Sindar and the Teleri. I think of Earendil as a soldier who had to go away in a time of war. I actually headcanon that Elrond and Elros are part of the reason he left - that he had these two children he had to care for and the absolute last thing he wanted was for them to grow up as he did - to have their world destroyed by Morgoth. He and Elwing both had traumatic childhoods. He would know that even if he could keep Sirion safe for a bit, Morgoth would come eventually. There was only hope across the sea. Even if it tore him up to leave, his children's happiness and survival depended on Morgoth's evil being overthrown. He owed it to them and to his people to give his all in the hope of peace and a future.

I also feel that Elrond is such a forgiving, kind, understanding character that even if he had felt like Earendil did abandon him, he would never dislike him for that or hold it against him. I am still working through understanding Elwing's actions, so it's difficult for me to rationalize what she did. But I feel like Elrond would understand. He would understand why his father did what he did. I think even as a child, he would've had the ability to see into his mother's heart and understand her. Elrond has had to make some of his own terrible choices in his life; he would understand. I think he would be proud to be the son of Earendil. And he would be proud of his Mannish lineages. I do think he loved and valued Maglor (and Maedhros!) as family - just not as fathers.

I also headcanon Gil-galad and Tuor being friends. I am fascinated by the idea of Idril and Gil-galad interacting (I lean towards the Silmarillion-version of Gil-galad being Fingon's son; it's more interesting to me to think of Fingon marrying a Sindar/Teleri woman, and of Gil-galad being a first cousin to Idril to contrast to Maeglin).

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