[ SECRET POST #2429 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2429 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Arrested Development]


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03.
[George R.R. Martin]


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04.
[Bee and PuppyCat]


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05.
[Harry Potter]


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06.
[Resident Evil 6]


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07.
[The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings]


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08.
[Naruto]


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[Jin, Hanzawa Naoki]


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10.
[Neverwinter Nights]


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11.
[Shina Dark]


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12.
[Thomas Gibson from the series Criminal Minds]












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Comments

[vongroovy]

Tolkien does a lot better with women outside LotR - there are so many excellent women in the Silmarillion and all the history stuff.

That said, I've never had a problem with Eowyn's ending. For Tolkien, who had experienced the atrocities of war, what better reward could he give her than a family and a life of healing when the need for violence was over? I don't think there's any implication that she settled down and never did anything interesting again. Deciding to turn to a more peaceful life doesn't mean she didn't continue to have an important life - and the world, at that time, was more in need of healers than warriors. Tolkien also treats many of his male heroes the same way, so I've just always read her ending as a reward for her heroism, not necessarily as a woman being put in her supposed place or something. I feel like she and Faramir would be pretty equal partners, so I like to imagine they worked together to heal their part of the world and that she continued being badass forever, just in a different way.

I just have a lot of feelings about Eowyn, especially about her ending.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think there's any implication that she settled down and never did anything interesting again.

This, exactly

[(Anonymous)]

Tolkien does a lot better with women outside LotR - there are so many excellent women in the Silmarillion and all the history stuff.

Hehe, since the OP mentioned damsels in distress, Tolkien's take on the trope in the story of Beren and Lúthien is definitely refreshing...

And yeah, I love the women of the Silm, and while you can tell that most of the time Tolkien defaults to male for his characters (all those motherless people in the family trees, dammit), I find that the two main stories (lay of Leithian and the Children of Húrin) are surprisingly decent in terms of female characters.

[(Anonymous)]

This is a great comment and I agree with every part of it.

In particular, the point about a peaceful family life of healing and Tolkien's experience of war is really well made.