Predicting that Faramir and Eowyn would marry - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elentari_Elbereth · 05-24-2005, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Anguirel

Not in the books. Faramir and Eowyn steal all the love, romance and sensuality in "The Return of the King". That's why A & A have to be given an Appendix.

So true. I wish Peter Jackson wouldn't have spent so much time on Aragorn and Arwen. often times it was irritating (example: in the Two Towers movie...)

But I do disagree on the part you mentioned on sensuality. I never saw it that way with them. to me it seemed to remain more in the Love/Romance..
(Yes I'm being picky)

Anguirel · 05-25-2005, 01:03 PM

I used that word consciously. I think the passage about their hair, golden and raven, mingling in the wind is the most beautifully sensual thing Tolkien ever wrote anywhere...

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 05-25-2005, 01:42 PM

I agree with Anguirel. On the first time I read the book I hoped till the last pages that Eowyn would get together with Aragorn. I was quite devastated when Aragorn married some "random elf chick" instead of Eowyn. I didn't remember the little scene Aragorn and Arwen shared back in FotR in Rivendell (Well, it was just mentioned that they talked. I think that a PJ-like passage would have been easier to remember

) Then, of course, I read the Appendix and suddenly it all made perfect sense to me.

Now when I've read LotR several times, I think the love story of Eowyn and Faramir is one of the most beautiful in Middle-Earth.

Lathriel · 05-26-2005, 08:56 AM

I felt the same way Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant
In fact I was a little mad that Aragorn didn't get together with Eowyn. However, when I read the book again (and when I was a little older) it all made perfect sense to me and I was content with that ending. Now I just wish I could be in Eowyn's place.

Parmawen · 06-20-2005, 08:32 PM

I practically cried when Aragorn didn't choose Eowyn...I think it was because they were both human, I really felt a connection. I'd seen FOTR before reading all the books (I know, the bad way to go at it) and had envisioned Arwen as more of an ice princess...while Eowyn had always seemed so much more...touchable, human, and her love (or really shameless crush as it appeared more in the book) was so innocent and sweet and pure that it was far more touching.

05-25-2005, 01:03 PM	#2
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	I used that word consciously. I think the passage about their hair, golden and raven, mingling in the wind is the most beautifully sensual thing Tolkien ever wrote anywhere... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-25-2005, 01:42 PM	#3
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	I agree with Anguirel. On the first time I read the book I hoped till the last pages that Eowyn would get together with Aragorn. I was quite devastated when Aragorn married some "random elf chick" instead of Eowyn. I didn't remember the little scene Aragorn and Arwen shared back in FotR in Rivendell (Well, it was just mentioned that they talked. I think that a PJ-like passage would have been easier to remember ) Then, of course, I read the Appendix and suddenly it all made perfect sense to me. Now when I've read LotR several times, I think the love story of Eowyn and Faramir is one of the most beautiful in Middle-Earth. __________________ Fenris Wolf

05-26-2005, 08:56 AM	#4
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I felt the same way Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant In fact I was a little mad that Aragorn didn't get together with Eowyn. However, when I read the book again (and when I was a little older) it all made perfect sense to me and I was content with that ending. Now I just wish I could be in Eowyn's place. __________________ Back again

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06-20-2005, 08:32 PM	#5
Parmawen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stuck in the center of Spooky Hollow... Posts: 75	I practically cried when Aragorn didn't choose Eowyn...I think it was because they were both human, I really felt a connection. I'd seen FOTR before reading all the books (I know, the bad way to go at it) and had envisioned Arwen as more of an ice princess...while Eowyn had always seemed so much more...touchable, human, and her love (or really shameless crush as it appeared more in the book) was so innocent and sweet and pure that it was far more touching.