#tbf I don't think tolkien really thought this one through. it's def not consistently done w kisding brows in his works agjfshjdsfhk

[fluentisonus]

interesting to note here that when aragorn does this:

it's not necessarily just a random gesture of affection but may be implied to be a specific gesture of farewell used in gondor, at least based on what we're told when faramir says goodbye to sam and frodo later:

("after the manner of his people")

which would imply that aragorn is actually deliberately saying goodbye to boromir as he dies in a specific way that would be familiar & culturally appropriate to him