Whenever I Read LotR And Reach The Battle Between Eowyn And The Witch-king, I Get The Impression That

Whenever I read LotR and reach the battle between Eowyn and the Witch-king, I get the impression that the reason why the prophecy loophole works isn’t that the Witch-king is unkillable except for some illogical weakness nobody had thought about yet for misogynistic reasons, but that the Witch-king himself derives so much of his power from the fear he instills in others and from his own belief that he is unkillable. Eowyn doesn’t fear him, because she doesn’t fear death. When she twists his words right back at him, she’s not trying to exploit a prophecy loophole, she’s just making a play on the double meaning of the word «man» with fairly standard battlefield bravado.

But, crucially, it gets the Witch-king wondering if there might be an actual loophole in the prophecy. He starts doubting his own invincibility. There’s no logical reason why a woman might be able to kill him if a man cannot, but prophecies are tricky things. What if …

And this is what undoes him, in the end. This last minute doubt. The Witch-king, deep down, believes that Eowyn can kill him, thus making it possible for her to do so.

More Posts from Penelopes-poppies and Others

4 years ago

why do the sons of Fëanor gotta...be like that

3 years ago

Femenine urge that

Masculine urge this

What about the autistic urge to info dump about your special interest even tho you just infodumped someone else like 3 minutes ago?


Tags
4 years ago

Ok but autistic Tolkien elves.

Elves who get so easily overwhelmed by all they can hear and see and sense.  The Lord Elrond teaches them how to focus themselves on the waterfall of Imladris, and a small number of them go to its base every morning and close their eyes and focus in on just the rushing water.  The Lady Galadriel teaches another approach–to climb the tallest tree in the Golden woods and sit in its high branches and watch wordless Arien or Tilion glide through Varda’s silent realm.

Autistic elves who stim with tree bark, tracing its intricacies and seeing how deep they can sense the textures.  Elves stimming in the rivers and teaching the allistic elves how best to move with the water, and Ulmo blessing their dancing because while the allistic may have a connection to the waters, the autistic elves in their hypersensitivity discover new ways of moving that mimic the musics Ulmo still remembers in the Creation of the World.

Autistic elves finding a special kind of kinship with autistic humans and even dwarves, and wanting to help teach them how to be good and kind to themselves.  Autistic elves whose special interests are language or autism itself writing tomes in human languages for doctors on what they’ve found makes them happiest and healthiest throughout the ages.

Autistic elves with special interests in orc and goblin culture helping travelers learn how to spot the signs that they could be walking into a dangerous area and using their knowledge to help keep travelers safe.  

Autistic elves being a deeply positive part of elven society.


Tags
4 years ago
Saw This On Instagram And I Couldn’t Agree More.

Saw this on Instagram and I couldn’t agree more.

4 years ago

I'm going to learn to make lactose free, extra spice eggnog. I'm done with the super sweet stuff with just a hint of nutmeg that they sell at my grocery store. A small sack of nutmeg is no longer worth enough to set you up for life!!! Give me more!!!


Tags
2 years ago
Spending $10 Of My Hard Earned Money So I Can Shove My Favorite Pic Of My Cat Onto Ur Dash

spending $10 of my hard earned money so i can shove my favorite pic of my cat onto ur dash


Tags
3 years ago
Ko-if Link Is On My Page

Ko-if link is on my page

As is my commission info


Tags
2 years ago

One of the lawyers currently prosecuting Alex Jones got interviewed on knowledge fight. He talked about how he had to watch 150+ hours of Infowars content as background for the case.

He talked about how he had to take regular breaks because he could feel himself passively absorbing information against his will.


Tags
3 years ago

so there’s that version in which Miriel leaves for Lorien and dies a bit later… consider; preteen Feanor inventing embroidery and weaving machines in an attempt to give his ailing mother the ability to create something back even if she no longer has the strength to.


Tags
Loading...
End of content
No more pages to load
  • eishtmo
    eishtmo reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • moxie-girl
    moxie-girl liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • zibus
    zibus reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • zibus
    zibus liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • theninetaildemon
    theninetaildemon reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • theninetaildemon
    theninetaildemon liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • 1willowystranger
    1willowystranger liked this · 1 month ago
  • hobbitsesfeetpics
    hobbitsesfeetpics liked this · 2 months ago
  • aradia-meguido
    aradia-meguido liked this · 3 months ago
  • rowan-ginko
    rowan-ginko liked this · 4 months ago
  • levi-choi
    levi-choi liked this · 4 months ago
  • beyond-far-horizons
    beyond-far-horizons liked this · 4 months ago
  • mylifeinmonochrome
    mylifeinmonochrome liked this · 4 months ago
  • thatdamhobbit
    thatdamhobbit liked this · 4 months ago
  • sciroccoorion35
    sciroccoorion35 reblogged this · 4 months ago
  • dangerouslyinstantlady
    dangerouslyinstantlady liked this · 4 months ago
  • indelen
    indelen liked this · 4 months ago
  • shizuoi
    shizuoi reblogged this · 4 months ago
  • youre-you-i-am-me
    youre-you-i-am-me reblogged this · 5 months ago
  • darkwinganimus
    darkwinganimus liked this · 5 months ago
  • realityisforlosers
    realityisforlosers liked this · 6 months ago
  • inmydefenestration
    inmydefenestration reblogged this · 6 months ago
  • thevoidintheeye
    thevoidintheeye reblogged this · 7 months ago
  • dirt-nerd
    dirt-nerd reblogged this · 7 months ago
  • unreliableunseelie
    unreliableunseelie liked this · 7 months ago
  • imann
    imann liked this · 8 months ago
  • lireb-librarian
    lireb-librarian liked this · 8 months ago
  • miurphey
    miurphey liked this · 9 months ago
  • minihood31770
    minihood31770 liked this · 9 months ago
  • cuddlefsh
    cuddlefsh reblogged this · 9 months ago
  • a-boros-named-seamus
    a-boros-named-seamus reblogged this · 9 months ago
  • a-boros-named-seamus
    a-boros-named-seamus liked this · 9 months ago
  • tiptoeuponalittlehill
    tiptoeuponalittlehill liked this · 9 months ago
  • eulaliafluffboll
    eulaliafluffboll reblogged this · 10 months ago
  • virtualbagel13
    virtualbagel13 reblogged this · 11 months ago
  • shizuoi
    shizuoi liked this · 11 months ago
  • thatonenerd230
    thatonenerd230 liked this · 1 year ago
  • axlotlforgot
    axlotlforgot reblogged this · 1 year ago
  • hubcaptastrophe
    hubcaptastrophe reblogged this · 1 year ago
  • readsalot1
    readsalot1 liked this · 1 year ago
  • rebeccas-rambles
    rebeccas-rambles reblogged this · 1 year ago
  • ignis-moon
    ignis-moon liked this · 1 year ago
  • octubreazul
    octubreazul reblogged this · 1 year ago
  • alishatheninth
    alishatheninth liked this · 1 year ago
  • silentstep
    silentstep liked this · 1 year ago
  • setnet
    setnet reblogged this · 1 year ago
  • bloodborne-my-beloved
    bloodborne-my-beloved liked this · 1 year ago
  • bisexual-in-every-gender
    bisexual-in-every-gender reblogged this · 1 year ago
  • halftametigers
    halftametigers reblogged this · 1 year ago
  • halftametigers
    halftametigers liked this · 1 year ago
penelopes-poppies - lots of Tolkien and autism, no actual poppies
lots of Tolkien and autism, no actual poppies

she/her, cluttering is my fluency disorder and the state of my living space, God gave me Pathological Demand Avoidance because They knew I'd be too powerful without it, of the opinion that "y'all" should be accepted in formal speech, 18+ [ID: profile pic is a small brown snail climbing up a bright green shallot, surrounded by other shallot stalks. End ID.]

293 posts

Explore Tumblr Blog
Search Through Tumblr Tags