Very nice. I like your comment on Faramir saving himself through saving Eowyn - i've had arguments with a friend who feels the F/E relationship is very antifeminist (he sees her, "saves" her, and she "gives up her greater ambitions" with Aragorn etc), and i think you've captured the heart of why it isn't. Faramir needs Eowyn as much as Eowyn needs Faramir. And that is a beautiful and romantic thought (and very Tolkienesque).
I do disagree with you on a couple points. There's this one:
(Which is also a clever little slap at Aragorn, raised by Elrond, in love with Arwen, and deeply meshed in all things Elvish.)
Tongue-in-cheek, sure ^_^ but slighting Elessar had to be the last thing on Faramir's mind, he's a dyed-in-the-wool Numenor/Noldor fanboi.
And also, as far as the uniqueness goes; while Turin's side perhaps doesn't do so well for itself, remember that the rest of the family actually has a lot going for it. There are epic loves all through the Sil. Melian gives up Valinor for her love of Thingol, Idril and Tuor ride happy and heroically into the sunset, and we can't forget Beren and Luthien, the most passionate, devoted, and heroic couple in the history of Middle Earth who braved the throne room of Morgoth for love of each other and got a second life, and the promise of continued union after death. Hm. I feel a Beren/Luthien manifesto coming on.
I think the lesson here is only interracial dating has any prayer of working out o.O You're right, F/E is unique in Tolkien.
And a question - in what ways do you find Eowyn similar to Boromir?
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Date: 2005-08-04 06:16 am (UTC)I do disagree with you on a couple points. There's this one:
(Which is also a clever little slap at Aragorn, raised by Elrond, in love with Arwen, and deeply meshed in all things Elvish.)
Tongue-in-cheek, sure ^_^ but slighting Elessar had to be the last thing on Faramir's mind, he's a dyed-in-the-wool Numenor/Noldor fanboi.
And also, as far as the uniqueness goes; while Turin's side perhaps doesn't do so well for itself, remember that the rest of the family actually has a lot going for it. There are epic loves all through the Sil. Melian gives up Valinor for her love of Thingol, Idril and Tuor ride happy and heroically into the sunset, and we can't forget Beren and Luthien, the most passionate, devoted, and heroic couple in the history of Middle Earth who braved the throne room of Morgoth for love of each other and got a second life, and the promise of continued union after death. Hm. I feel a Beren/Luthien manifesto coming on.
I think the lesson here is only interracial dating has any prayer of working out o.O You're right, F/E is unique in Tolkien.
And a question - in what ways do you find Eowyn similar to Boromir?