Dearest Bethberry, your thoughts echo my feelings, though I do not think that when Éowyn beheld Aragorn that it was her sexuality that had necessarily awakened. Or, at the very least, sexuality was a smaller need in her, the greater being the desire for respect and power. I think she was drawn to Aragorn because of his noble status. As a neglected and disrespected woman, she desired to be Queen most of all (Aragorn being the man who could make her Queen) but that desire slowly faded when she met Faramir. Faramir, I think, was the one who had truly awakened her in a sexual sense, and her priorities were thus "rearranged." Love now came first, and power second.
Yet, I still cannot help but scratch my head at the scene when she turned to Aragorn and demanded of him: "Wish me joy, my liege-lord and healer!" Was Tolkien implying that she was still bitter? Or was it just her way of smoothing over a somewhat awkward moment?Hmmm.
Birdland, I love ya, babe. You have validated me. I once had to grab my father's Beretta to try and defend my house, and I feel weird about this incident no more. Maybe this means that I'm not good enough to be Gimli's girlfriend, but I'll get over it...someday...*sniff* [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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