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I've never read the entire Bored of the Rings either.
In fact, the authors (Henry Beard and Doug Kenney) went on to write Animal House....it's firmly at the taste level of the Harvard Lampoon
Well, my impression is Aragorn doesn't spend a lot of time in the places where he is liked and trusted - Rangering is sort of his job.Frelga wrote: Of course, it seems that this belongs more to the Trotter than Aragorn, who is not exactly a lone wolf he appears to be in this chapter. But I still find it touching.
I am not sure about that. He's the Lone Ranger in the movie (he chose exile, my foot!), but the book makes it clear that he is a Chieftain of the Dúnedain, and presumably has the support network among them.River wrote:Well, my impression is Aragorn doesn't spend a lot of time in the places where he is liked and trusted - Rangering is sort of his job.Frelga wrote: Of course, it seems that this belongs more to the Trotter than Aragorn, who is not exactly a lone wolf he appears to be in this chapter. But I still find it touching.
Even in the books he tends to operate alone, though. He's not utterly friendless, obviously, but the Rangers themselves are very scattered and, as a group, mistrusted by those they protect. I'm not sure the people of Bree know Strider leads the Rangers, or that the Rangers even have a leader. I also think that some of that anonymity might also be by design - Aragorn isn't ready to come forth yet and he doesn't want everyone to know who he is. He left Gondor when he was Thorongil and getting overly popular because he decided the time just wasn't right to step up to his birthright. My guess is, 99.9% of the time he's hanging around people who don't already know who he is, he's hiding behind that scruffy, disreputable exterior. It's that 0.1% of the time when he needs to come across as trustworthy that he has problems. Especially since he's gotten so good at his act that others who'd like to help the hobbits are getting in his way!Frelga wrote: I am not sure about that. He's the Lone Ranger in the movie (he chose exile, my foot!), but the book makes it clear that he is a Chieftain of the Dúnedain, and presumably has the support network among them.
In any case, it is clear that he spends a lot of time alone in the wilderness, and even if I think his statement is slightly out of character as it is revealed later, I still find it touching.