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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
As I've said before, she probably still didn't make her choice yet.
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It seems pretty clear (imo) from the "Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" (RoTK Apdx A) that she made her choice in 2980 when Aragorn met her again in Lorien after returning from deeds in the south.
- Aragorn: Neither, lady, is the Twilight for me; for I am mortal, and if you will cleave to me, Evenstar, the the Twilight you must also renounce.
- And she stood still as a white tree, looking into the West, and at last she said:
- Arwen: I will cleave to you, Dunadan, and turn from the Twilight...
- When Elrond heard the choice of his daughter, he was silent, though his heart was grived and found the doom long feared none the easier to endure.
I suppose it's an open question whether such a choice, once made, could be changed. Aragorn seemed to think it could. Even as he lay on his death bed he suggested Arwen should change her mind and go into the West - tho that would mean sundering their destinies BEYOND THE CIRCLES OF THE WORLD. Arwen didn't really say such a change was not "allowed", only that there was no remaining ship to take.
Interestingly, that wasn't strictly true, since Legloas built his own ship and sailed into the west shortly after.
Arwen must have been wise enough to realize ships "could" be built (if that was all that was needed). So, maybe she was really just reaffirming her choice one last time.