#lotr eowyn

[amoural]

i was inspired

[bethanyisdaydreaming]

I am no man

[lulii999]

The way I would actually die for Faramir and Eowyn.

[altoid404]

“The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.”

[gramnel]

[theflowersaremine]

finally finished the eowyn piece! super glad i got it done after losing motivation and confidence tbh. it was a fun study

[tigerlii]

"I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren."

[saphari]

my beautiful horsegirl wife 🐴🐴🐴🐴

[fangirl-erdariel]

Ok I know this has been said before and more eloquently than I can rn (it's past midnight and I should be sleeping)

But the older I get, the more important it becomes to me that Eowyn is in a really dark place mentally when we first meet her in the book. That she rides to war out of suicidality, to get herself killed in battle. And that she heals, finds the will to live, finds the desire to heal things and make things beautiful rather than attempting to give her life meaning through dying a "glorious" violent death in battle.

I think when I was 12-ish and first read the book (or had it read to me as a bedtime story, rather, but same difference), I liked her because "oh look cool girl warrior character who doesn't do what she's told and defeats the monstrous evil bad guy no one else could kill!" And that is. that's fair, honestly. I was 12. I don't think I would want my 12-year-old self to have fully grasped the implications of Eowyn's actions, to have really understood that underlying despair and suicidality. I liked cool warrior girl heroes (I still do, honestly). And Eowyn does do amazing things, she is a hero, she does fulfill the prophecy and kill the Witch King, and it is cool, I'm not saying it isn't.

But like. Living in this world, reading the news, a lot of times I end up feeling just this utter despair and horror and helplessness at the bad things happening. And because of that, I really do end up feeling it when I look at Eowyn and see her despair, see how she's trying to die in battle because she doesn't want to go on living like that anymore and because she thinks her death in battle would make more difference and be more meaningful than her going on living.

And it's just so important to me that then at the end of the story, she's able to look at where she is and who she is and look at the world and go "no, actually, I want to live. I've had enough of death, I want to heal things, I want to make other people and other things also live". That she's able to want that, and believe that she is able to achieve that, that her life can have a purpose and meaning beyond a death worth telling a story about, and that that's something she wants to do, wants to work towards. It is just so important to me

Like, LOTR is in so many ways a story about hope and despair, it's present in damn near every character we meet in some way. And maybe it's just because I imprinted on Eowyn as a kid that her story in particular and her being able to overcome the despair and be hopeful about life again is so important to me but like. Fuck. The more horrible things I see happening everywhere in the world all around me, the more important Eowyn's story and her being able to find peace and healing becomes to me

[velvet4510]

One of my absolute favorite lines of Éowyn’s is one that is so simple yet so meaningful.

“I desired to be loved by another. But I desire no man’s pity.”

Note the past tense in the first sentence. She’s telling Faramir that she doesn’t love Aragorn anymore, that she’s over him. She’s intentionally opening the door for him to admit what she already suspects are his true feelings for her.

Yet she still stands her ground. She doesn’t want to be seen as pathetic. She knows her feelings and thoughts are valid, and will not be told otherwise.

In few words, she is saying to Faramir that she is indeed opening her heart to him, but won’t hesitate to reject him if he will look down on her for all her suffering and struggles. She loves him, but has enough self-respect to turn away if he proves to not be good to her.

And Faramir, of course, passes her test with flying colors.

[brother-genitivi]

“But the healers would have me lie abed seven days yet,” she said. “And my window does not look eastward.”

[cantheykillmacbeth]

I feel like someone would have submitted this before me but i want to ask everyone to consider the obvious- Eowyn from LOTR?

Yes, Eowyn from Lord of the Rings could kill Macbeth!

She very firmly applies for the Gender Clause, having circumvented Sauron's prophecy with it as well!

Thank you for your submission!

[niekiddo]

I am no man!

[frgtmn]

❇ Morgana Pendragon and Éowyn ❇

[theflowersaremine]

eowyn study bc i'm on a lotr kick hehe the very best spring sunshine 💛

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[leslaras-art]

its projecting onto fictional sword handling ladies time amirite