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Tinuviel87 · 03-23-2003, 03:58 PM

In all honesty this thread should probably be closed.
But first of all, I of course have an opinion! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]
Being a female with a strongly feministic point of view i still would not change one single thing about any of Tolkien's works. I don't feel like going into detail so to put in bluntly:
Can you honestly remeber the name of every male character in LotR without thinking for a few minutes?
Now try that with the females.
The female chracters stick out in your mind. Each one is unique has her own special place in the story. and Eowyn is there for the tomboy in all of us! Tolkien knew what he was doing. He was being realistic. Women in that period didn't do the things women do now. And Tolkien did want this to be his own little mythology of England in a sense. He k got it. Tolkien was too much of a perfectionist to not get this right.
We are all fans here...take a deep breath... and let it go [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
(so much for being blunt! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] )

03-23-2003, 03:58 PM	#62
Tinuviel87 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Heelllloooo Monkey...... Posts: 65	In all honesty this thread should probably be closed. But first of all, I of course have an opinion! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] Being a female with a strongly feministic point of view i still would not change one single thing about any of Tolkien's works. I don't feel like going into detail so to put in bluntly: Can you honestly remeber the name of every male character in LotR without thinking for a few minutes? Now try that with the females. The female chracters stick out in your mind. Each one is unique has her own special place in the story. and Eowyn is there for the tomboy in all of us! Tolkien knew what he was doing. He was being realistic. Women in that period didn't do the things women do now. And Tolkien did want this to be his own little mythology of England in a sense. He k got it. Tolkien was too much of a perfectionist to not get this right. We are all fans here...take a deep breath... and let it go [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] (so much for being blunt! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) __________________ Don't Rate Me!(Reverse Psychology?) "And the song of Luthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed..."