Interesting stuff there; thanks for the links,
Brinn!
I have to second
Lommy on the
Chase Stone version; this one comes closest to how I imagine the scene, and it does give me that Merry feeling - "She should not die, so fair, so desperate! At least she should not die alone, unaided."
I also like
Erin Kelso's art nouveau version, and for originality and hilarity,
Jason Pruett's comic strip style rendition (the Witch-King looks remarkably like Bart Simpson there, doesn't he?
)
What puzzles me is that a lot of the Éowyns turn their backs on the Witch-King; I don't think I'd find that a good idea in their place. It's most absurd in
Herman Lau's version, which is pretty but looks like WiKi is trying to seduce her (and look! pretty butterflies!).
The price for the most original choice of medium has to go to
Joseph Wu's origami version.
Nice comments on that
Dini-Aledin-picture,
Ang (but leave Rubens out of it, people - she's much too skinny)! Not much camouflage on that Dernhelm; made me think of a dialogue like this:
Quote:
Éowyn: "But no living man am I! You look upon a woman."
WiKi: "Indeed? I'd never have guessed!"
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And I suppose we'd better not think too deeply about the Freudian symbolism of the beheaded monster with its long, serpentine stump of a neck...