maylovely:

Okay, but while Arwen is
on my mind, I always headcanon that she was so much more than Tolkien wrote her
out to be. In the books she just seems like a tool to unite the houses of High
Elves and the Half Elves. It’s like a role she would eventually be forced into,
and her only importance is as Aragorn’s wife (and of course the tie between the
High Kings and the Half Elves). 
Like I love to imagine how her life would be if
she wasn’t married and she lived for herself. Like, I see this type of strong
warrior who is handy at a sword, but more so skilled when it comes to deadly
magic and curses. 

I love the idea of her
also taking up the trade in forge work, and becoming a black smith and being
really good at it. 

I also love the idea of
her becoming lady of not just
Rivendell, but Loth Lórien as well. Given that grandparents essentially abandon
Lórien and the elves who did not want to go with them to Valinor, many of those
elves begin to fade, so she takes immediate control. Picture Arwen, already
blessed with immense power given her long hours of study and her lineage, taking over Loth Lórien and being there to help the
people, and help rebuild it. Making it a place not just for the previous elves,
but a place of refuge for any elves who do not want to sail. She’d make sure
those elves were protected (and I think she’d also work to make it a more
diverse community, allowing the non-High and non-Eldar elves to keep any native
cultures they once had, and she’d make sure to learn their culture and
traditions as well)

She’d never sail, she’d
stay in Middle Earth. Her realms growing stronger and more protected with every
age that passes. She herself grows more powerful, but never uses her magic to
impose, or oppress, she is a savior, a queen and a wonderful ruler to her
people. And in the woods, she stays silent, caring for her people for all of eternity.