Eowyn or Arwen?

Aragollwen · 04-11-2002, 12:31 AM

Which is your faveorite?

Durlomiel · 04-11-2002, 12:42 AM

Eowyn. Arwen seems more like the typical princessy woman, "Oh Aragorn, I'll be happy to sit here in Rivendell and sew your standard. Go off to war like a good boy." Eowyn's character has more depth.

BeardofPants · 04-11-2002, 05:48 AM

Damn, I wish there were more female characters to choose from .... Oh well, if I have to choose between those two, I guess it would be Eowyn... Now where's a stick, so I can beat myself senseless?

Elf Girl · 04-11-2002, 07:15 AM

Eowyn, she has a little bit of everything. Drama, romance, tragedy...she even dies at one point!

Strange-Looking Lurker · 04-11-2002, 09:16 AM

Eowyn. Without a dout. Arwen is cool, yea, but I really like basket cases better, they are so much more interesting!

StrawberryIcecream · 04-11-2002, 12:25 PM

Eowyn. Though I don't like the wayshe falls in love with Faramir so quickly, she seems a girl power kinda girl which though i am not a big fan of that its better than Arwen, who like Duro said, seems to be more of a Dinner'll be on the table when you get home from Helm's Deepd kinda elf.

Elfmaster XK · 04-11-2002, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
Damn, I wish there were more female characters to choose from .... Oh well, if I have to choose between those two, I guess it would be Eowyn... Now where's a stick, so I can beat myself senseless?

My feelings exactly.

eowyn144 · 04-11-2002, 02:44 PM

Eowyn. No questions asked. Just look at my name for example. I think it was the killing of the Nazgul King that clinches it for me.And the rebellious side of her. She wasn't just going to sit around waiting for news of the wars to come back, she was willing to get out there and do something about it.Go Eowyn!

Radagast The Brown · 04-11-2002, 02:45 PM

I like Arwen more then Eowyn. I guess it's becouse she's elf... but I still like her more then Eowyn.

Ërendil · 04-11-2002, 04:10 PM

Eowyn. no questions asked. dont like Arwen.

Comic Book Guy · 04-11-2002, 05:04 PM

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dont like Arwen.

If you don't mind me asking, why?

***Khamûl*** · 04-11-2002, 05:32 PM

Eowyn. Arwen didn't do much, and I like Eowyn's sense of action. I mean, she took down the head Nazgûl for heaven's sakes. And Arwen sewed a banner. Definitely Eowyn.

Elfhelm · 04-11-2002, 05:49 PM

I like Eowyn. I would let her travel in my company in disguise if necesary.

Rána Eressëa · 04-11-2002, 09:37 PM

Eowyn. Heh . . . I get the feeling Eowyn is winning.

Liviaine · 04-11-2002, 09:37 PM

It would be Arwen, because she's an elf, and I love the pairing of Aragorn and Arwen. But Eowyn has so much more depth to her character, and I like what happens to her, especially as Dernhelm. Of all the female characters, my favorite's actually Galadriel.

Menelvagor · 04-11-2002, 10:44 PM

Well ordinarily I would say Eowyn for all the reasons everyone else has said, but I'm going to say Arwen just to play devil's advocate. And puting aside all anti-livingas sentiment for the movie Arwen, she's ok. The difference between the two is kind of mental vs. physical, Eowyn is a more physical, fighting, butt-kicking type of person (THAT's an understatement

) and Arwen helps out on a more spiritual, intellectual, elvish plane. You have to remember that she was not raised, like Eowyn, as a shieldmaiden, and her help was rather is stengthening the will of Aragorn; adding her stength to his and giving him something, hm, more tangable, to work towards. Also, she had to have been pretty strong on an emotional level to give up her imortality.

Also, I really like her in the appendices, they portray her much better. When she goes alone to Lorien *sob* I think it really captures the sadness of the elves.

Arathorn · 04-11-2002, 11:21 PM

Eowyn. She's closer to my age group (double digits). Heheh.

Aragollwen · 04-12-2002, 12:34 AM

Okay, person who started this thread. Eowyn. Though some very good arguments have been fought in Arwen's favor so far... I tell you, my friend Ivan would really like this!
Eowyn just has so much more character than Arwen.

Nazgûl Queen · 04-12-2002, 02:56 AM

I love them both in different ways.
Arwens so beautiful and pure and delicate and ELVISH, but Eowyn is so strong and brave and independent.

But I think the thing that makes me choose Eowyn overall is because she's like Eponine - both love someone who loves another and would do anything for them, both put on an outward show of being strong (although I'm sure that Eowyn, like Ponine, is very delicate, lonely and easily hurt on the inside), both are extremely brave, and both would willingly die for the person they love unrequitedly, or out of despair because that love is unreturned.
Except Eponine would never love anyone other than Marius.

(Incase you didn't notice, I'm obsessed with Ponine & les Mis as much as i am with LotR)

***Earniel*** · 04-12-2002, 04:00 AM

Not an easy choice. Although I would more likely choose Eowyn, I think I don't know enough about Arwen to justify that choice. And I refuse to choose with the movie as reference. I only wish Tolkien had written more about Arwen.

04-11-2002, 12:31 AM	#1
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04-11-2002, 12:42 AM	#2
Durlomiel Sapling Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Beginning-Earth Posts: 9	Eowyn. Arwen seems more like the typical princessy woman, "Oh Aragorn, I'll be happy to sit here in Rivendell and sew your standard. Go off to war like a good boy." Eowyn's character has more depth. __________________ i will see you in the next life

04-11-2002, 05:48 AM	#3
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Damn, I wish there were more female characters to choose from .... Oh well, if I have to choose between those two, I guess it would be Eowyn... Now where's a stick, so I can beat myself senseless? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

04-11-2002, 07:15 AM	#4
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Eowyn, she has a little bit of everything. Drama, romance, tragedy...she even dies at one point! __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-11-2002, 09:16 AM	#5
Strange-Looking Lurker Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: OK, USA Posts: 213	Eowyn. Without a dout. Arwen is cool, yea, but I really like basket cases better, they are so much more interesting! __________________ <hr>Check out my site: www.christianjugglers.org

04-11-2002, 12:25 PM	#6
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	Eowyn. Though I don't like the wayshe falls in love with Faramir so quickly, she seems a girl power kinda girl which though i am not a big fan of that its better than Arwen, who like Duro said, seems to be more of a Dinner'll be on the table when you get home from Helm's Deepd kinda elf. __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

04-11-2002, 02:44 PM	#8
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	Eowyn. No questions asked. Just look at my name for example. I think it was the killing of the Nazgul King that clinches it for me.And the rebellious side of her. She wasn't just going to sit around waiting for news of the wars to come back, she was willing to get out there and do something about it.Go Eowyn! __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

04-11-2002, 02:45 PM	#9
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	I like Arwen more then Eowyn. I guess it's becouse she's elf... but I still like her more then Eowyn. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

04-11-2002, 04:10 PM	#10
Ërendil Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 389	Eowyn. no questions asked. dont like Arwen. __________________ "You're one of the Abaharaki, oh I had forgotten. Look at me, I am completly drenched! I do hate the rain, it makes me so depressed..." "Hehehehe, moeru moeru!" "That's it, set it all on fire; we're gonna smoke out Escaflowne!" "Oh, I hit the wrong target... never mind that creature was useless to us anyway. Our orders were to get the girl? So he isn't our concern, we don't need him!" ^_^ Isn't Dilandau just fantastic? You just have to love the insane, murderous pyro :-D

04-11-2002, 05:32 PM	#12
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Eowyn. Arwen didn't do much, and I like Eowyn's sense of action. I mean, she took down the head Nazgûl for heaven's sakes. And Arwen sewed a banner. Definitely Eowyn. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-11-2002, 05:49 PM	#13
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	I like Eowyn. I would let her travel in my company in disguise if necesary. __________________ cya

04-11-2002, 09:37 PM	#14
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Eowyn. Heh . . . I get the feeling Eowyn is winning.

04-11-2002, 09:37 PM	#15
Liviaine Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ithilien Posts: 203	It would be Arwen, because she's an elf, and I love the pairing of Aragorn and Arwen. But Eowyn has so much more depth to her character, and I like what happens to her, especially as Dernhelm. Of all the female characters, my favorite's actually Galadriel.

04-11-2002, 10:44 PM	#16
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	Well ordinarily I would say Eowyn for all the reasons everyone else has said, but I'm going to say Arwen just to play devil's advocate. And puting aside all anti-livingas sentiment for the movie Arwen, she's ok. The difference between the two is kind of mental vs. physical, Eowyn is a more physical, fighting, butt-kicking type of person (THAT's an understatement ) and Arwen helps out on a more spiritual, intellectual, elvish plane. You have to remember that she was not raised, like Eowyn, as a shieldmaiden, and her help was rather is stengthening the will of Aragorn; adding her stength to his and giving him something, hm, more tangable, to work towards. Also, she had to have been pretty strong on an emotional level to give up her imortality. Also, I really like her in the appendices, they portray her much better. When she goes alone to Lorien sob I think it really captures the sadness of the elves.

04-11-2002, 11:21 PM	#17
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	Eowyn. She's closer to my age group (double digits). Heheh. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

04-12-2002, 12:34 AM	#18
Aragollwen Sapling Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Physically? North Cali. Mentally? Middle-Earth (duh) Posts: 10	Okay, person who started this thread. Eowyn. Though some very good arguments have been fought in Arwen's favor so far... I tell you, my friend Ivan would really like this! Eowyn just has so much more character than Arwen. __________________ Hey, no one's perfect... except Legolas.

04-12-2002, 02:56 AM	#19
Nazgûl Queen Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Minas Morgul Posts: 400	I love them both in different ways. Arwens so beautiful and pure and delicate and ELVISH, but Eowyn is so strong and brave and independent. But I think the thing that makes me choose Eowyn overall is because she's like Eponine - both love someone who loves another and would do anything for them, both put on an outward show of being strong (although I'm sure that Eowyn, like Ponine, is very delicate, lonely and easily hurt on the inside), both are extremely brave, and both would willingly die for the person they love unrequitedly, or out of despair because that love is unreturned. Except Eponine would never love anyone other than Marius. (Incase you didn't notice, I'm obsessed with Ponine & les Mis as much as i am with LotR) __________________ Morauko Umrien, Queen of the Nazgûl and Lady of Mordor Mistress of the Night The Nazgûl Queen she was, the Ringwraith, the enemy's most terrible servant; darkness went with her and she cried with the voices of death. Can be found loitering at Fantasy Essentials or her livejournal...

04-12-2002, 04:00 AM	#20
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Not an easy choice. Although I would more likely choose Eowyn, I think I don't know enough about Arwen to justify that choice. And I refuse to choose with the movie as reference. I only wish Tolkien had written more about Arwen. __________________ We are not things.

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