Awesome Ladies, Day 17

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Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Eowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan


Obvious choice is obvious, lol. But also apropos, because just the other day, penny_lane_42 linked me to this post about Eowyn and depression. One more reason to love my girl.

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WORRRRRRD.

That linked post there is interesting. I haven't read the books in a gazillion years, but I did always feel like movie!Eowyn was... not the same.

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Yeah, I'm thinking I need to do a re-read with depressed!Eowyn in mind, because it was not something I even considered when I first read the books (in middle school). But I've always had an instinctive love for Eowyn, which I think is tied to a deeper identification than I realized.

It's funny, too, that I've had a similar disillusionment with the movies as the OP. When they first came out, I loved them, mostly for the simple fact of them existing. But the more I think about it, the more the movies feel woefully insufficient. I actually own the extended versions of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. I think I've rewatched FotR once, and never rewatched TT. I didn't even bother to buy Return of the King.