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At what time did she actually turn from elf to human? I thought that it was Elrond's choice, and that his choice would be the same one for his siblings. Meaning that Arwen was an elf, and she did not have that choice, since she was the daugther of 2 elves.
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Elrond and his children were
all granted the chance to choose their own fates so Elrond's choice didn't have any other effect on his siblings except that they had the life of elves as long as Elrond stayed in M-E. Arwen was half-elven because she had inherited human blood from her father and so she wasn't "pure" elf; Elrond's choice to be counted among elves didn't change his blood. And finally Arwen never became human, she just became mortal and that happened (according to the Story of Aragorn and Arwen)when
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Arwen saw him[Aragorn] again after the long time of separation; and while he went towards her, under the trees dressed in golden flowers in Caras Galadhon, Arwen made her choice, and her fate was set.
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This happened TA 2980, to be exact. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] She as the others who were given the chance of choosing could do it only once and there was no turning back. F.ex. Elrond couldn't "repent" after he heard about Arwen's decision; it brought him great pain but he had no choice but to sail to West like other elves, it was his fate. The children of Aragorn and Arwen had no choice although they had some elven blood in their veins 'cause the human blood was the decisive factor, it bound them to the fate of humans; as said so many times earlier, Earendil, Elwing, Elros and Elrond and his children were exceptions.
Besides, Arwen had given her "pass" to the Undying Lands to Frodo and that at the latest made her decision final.
[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: Annunfuiniel ]