No, not at all. Neither of them shared a parent. They’re technically cousins, but the amount of generations between Arwen’s uncle and Aragorn make the familial link not matter at all
Raised by and adopted by are two different things. You can raise someone and not have them considered as your child. Not to mention the whole definition of a step sibling is sharing one parent, adoption doesn’t make you a step sibling
Doesn’t change the fact they had the same (step)father, and Aragorn respected Elrond immensely. Also, pardon the Freudianism, but it’s kinda weird how the idealized finale to Béren and Luthien’s tale of love featured quasi-incest in Tolkien’s mind.
Okay but Arwen was kind of stepsister to Aragorn too
No, not at all. Neither of them shared a parent. They’re technically cousins, but the amount of generations between Arwen’s uncle and Aragorn make the familial link not matter at all
It kind of does, though… From Aragorn’s perspective, at least
Stepsister, Aragorn was raised in Rivendel and Elrond was closest to a father figure
Raised by and adopted by are two different things. You can raise someone and not have them considered as your child. Not to mention the whole definition of a step sibling is sharing one parent, adoption doesn’t make you a step sibling
You’re thinking of half sibling. Step sibling is when someone’s mom marries someone else’s dad. No relation.
Ok, yeah I got that wrong.
They’re not even the same species, of course they’re not siblings.
Not a stepsister but Arwen was a much, much older
cousinaunt.they met when Aragorn was 20 years old and Arwen was over 2700…
Doesn’t change the fact they had the same (step)father, and Aragorn respected Elrond immensely. Also, pardon the Freudianism, but it’s kinda weird how the idealized finale to Béren and Luthien’s tale of love featured quasi-incest in Tolkien’s mind.
They have been adults the whole time they’ve known each other. Theres no reason for them to view each other as siblings in any way shape or form.
There’s a whole philosophical debate I could get into here, but that’d be a waste of time.