enthusispastic:itseasytoremember:itseasytoremember:Look, we all agree that Aragorn is hot. Viggo Mortensen is absolutely a handsome man, but his character in Eastern Promises doesn’t have most of the global population ripping their hair out foaming at the mouth screaming crying throwing up horny.It’s something about the combination of long hair, stubble, a mysterious past, quiet confidence, and looking like you’ve just been riding a horse for 2 weeks, that drives people crazy.We will call this phenomenon The Aragorn Effect. My theory is that if all those same elements are combined with the correct proportions, any actor may be able to experience The Aragon Effect.In 1989 movie Roadhouse Sam Elliot plays a veteran bouncer who is asked by Patrick Swayze to assist in a particularly difficult bar. He 1. Has Long hair 2. Has Stubble 3. Looks like he eats cigarettes. In this essayFor reference, this is Sam Elliott in every other role he’s been in:And THIS is Sam Elliott in road house, for literally no reason at all:OH SHIT