Eowyn vs. Aragorn

[Beleg Cuthalion]

Originally Posted by Finduilas

For the record, I think that this was wrong for the movie makers to do, but will say, that other things that they did bothered me more.

Like the fact that he parried edge on edge in that scene? Very, very bad.

[Anguirel]

"What's this, a Ranger caught off his guard again? What do we pay you for?"

[Sir Kohran]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

"What's this, a Ranger caught off his guard again? What do we pay you for?"

"Shut up and drool over my good looks!"


As to whether Eowyn had beaten Aragorn...I really doubt that a warrior with at least sixty years experience, arguably the finest swordsman of his time, could be bested by a twenty four year old girl. I think he was just playing with her.

[Folwren]

Dang. He was playing a pretty dangerous game, then, and I think he lost.

[alatar]

Originally Posted by Sir Kohran

As to whether Eowyn had beaten Aragorn...I really doubt that a warrior with at least sixty years experience, arguably the finest swordsman of his time, could be bested by a twenty four year old girl. I think he was just playing with her.

Exactly! Just like Gandalf, lying prone on the floor, staffless, was just toying with the Witch-King. Remember, my pretties, this is Peter Jackson's universe, and sixty years of experience may have lost it all to one foolish misstep. And, from experience, there was a time as a bachelor when the presence of the female kind increased my stupidity quotient exponentially, decreased my dexterity and dropped my charisma by 5 points.

And regarding knives and princesses, there's that at the end of this post.

[Finduilas]

Originally Posted by Beleg Cuthalion

Like the fact that he parried edge on edge in that scene? Very, very bad.

Well, I will admit that I hadn't noticed that, at least I don't think I had noticed it, I might have. I was talking about... well, Foley probably wouldn't like me turning this into a thread of all the things I dislike

As to whether Eowyn had beaten Aragorn...I really doubt that a warrior with at least sixty years experience, arguably the finest swordsman of his time, could be bested by a twenty four year old girl. I think he was just playing with her.

Of course she couldn't, but he wasn't fighting. He was just playing with her, and therefore, when she twisted his blade out of the way, she surprised him, and since he wasn't fighting he let her win.

I just watched this the other night, she made the move, he had nothing to do with it. She decided she didn't want him blocking her sword so she dealt with it.