Concerning Éowyn
Dec. 22nd, 2005 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartOkay, made it a separate entry as it wouldn't match the previous one.
I've been very annoyed for quite some time about how a lot of so-called serious LOTR-fans and/or authors are treating Éowyn. So I decided to turn a very early HA-entry of mine into a full-fledged essay. It probably won't be a very nice one. But I've been an Éowyn admirer ever since I read The Books for the first time, back in the mid 1970s, and I can't watch any longer what is being done to her.
Yes, I know she is a fictional character. But the fact that it's mostly women who are trying to make her look bad, just because she dared to make her own decisions and act outside the role expected from her is a bit too close to Real Life for my comfort.
I've been very annoyed for quite some time about how a lot of so-called serious LOTR-fans and/or authors are treating Éowyn. So I decided to turn a very early HA-entry of mine into a full-fledged essay. It probably won't be a very nice one. But I've been an Éowyn admirer ever since I read The Books for the first time, back in the mid 1970s, and I can't watch any longer what is being done to her.
Yes, I know she is a fictional character. But the fact that it's mostly women who are trying to make her look bad, just because she dared to make her own decisions and act outside the role expected from her is a bit too close to Real Life for my comfort.
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Date: 2005-12-23 11:17 am (UTC)I believe part of the reason is that many female fans are obsessed with Faramir (although after having seen David Wenham I fail to understand what motivates movies-only fans, really), and they want to get Éowyn out of the equation for themselves/their Sue/random male character/whatnot.
I haven't written much about Éowyn yet, although she is one of my absolute favourites, and what I've written so far - especially Ice Blossom - might need a little rewriting, too. Well, we'll see. I'm going to post the essay to Otherworlds, when it's done, but will advertise for it, so you won't miss it. ;))