Look, Aragon is described in the source material as of pale completion, dark hair with grey flecks, and green eyes. He is Dúnedain, descended from the numenorean (sp), which are also described as pale skinned, dark haired, and tall. To me, that suggests Tolkien wrote him white.

But guess what: people can make whatever adaptions they want. He's a fictitious character.

If you don't like it, just don't consume it!

[–] amtwon 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Also, canonically Aragorn and the Numenoreans can't grow beards, but no one is ever mad about that lol

EDIT: Numenoreans can grow beards, but not the royal line, which is part elvish

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thought it was that it took way longer for them to hit "beard age"

Also the pictured Aragon has a beard to so that's a moot point

[–] HardlightCereal 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe he's just pale for a human, because all humans are black in LOTR. The elves are brown, and that's pale from a human perspective.

[–] Ilovethebomb 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, they're very much taking a dump on the source material there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Lol, you didn't read the whole message, did you? ;)