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Éowyn and Faramir. Watercolour on Legion Stonehenge cold pressed paper, 21×31 cm.
By coincidence, I found that I owned an American cent, and realised that it was way larger than the Euro cents I’m used to – here they are side by side.
Doing any sort of small detail is still incredibly hard for me, and I pay for it with headaches and having to paint in little half-hour instalments over several…
im gonna redraw this one day but yknow,, that scene from the return of the king
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Tame a strong woman? Ex-fucking-cuse you? I would break his balls right then and there.
I can’t believe there are people on tumblr dense enough to think that Tolkien wasn’t sexist.
You realize that Eowyn is LITERALLY calling out Gondorians for their enormous superiority complex by joking about it. You realize she’s basically saying “all of your frivolous court will never shut up about us because they look down on my people. One of you should never marry one of me, according to them.” Eowyn is LITERALLY LISTING THE STEREOTYPES the Gondorian gossip machine will produce.
Faramir is playing along. By saying to Eowyn: “I would.” he’s not saying- “yes I want them to hype my own ego.” Instead he’s saying: “Let them talk, I don’t care about what people are going to say because I love you”. Not only is he, through these two words acknowledging the Gondorian elites are classist and snobby but he’s saying they can all sod off. Faramir and Eowyn can communicate in sarcasm and cryptic phrases because they are so in tune they will understand the nuances in what the other is saying.
The book LITERALLY SAYS that when Faramir kisses her he “cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.” He doesn’t care what people are going to say about them because he loves her that much.
This little piece of dialogue shows us 1. Tolkien is acknowleding his world has a Gondorian-Rohan hierarchal structure and is making sure this is addressed so we are safe in the knowledge Eowyn will not end up in a sucky hierarchal marriage 2. Faramir loves her so much he would GLADLY undergo the gossip machine and all it’s associated baggage 3. They are so in tune they can communicate these thoughts in two words. We are assured theirs will be a happy marriage.
If you want to be ugly about this couple would you mind not doing it on this comic I spent over 24 hours lovingly creating? Thanks.
““Eowyn, Eowyn, White Lady of Rohan, in this hour I do not believe that any darkness will endure!”
And he stooped and kissed her brow. And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air. And the Shadow departed, and the Sun was unveiled, and light leaped forth; and the waters of the Anduin shone like silver, and in all the houses of the City men sang for the joy that welled up in their hearts from what source they could not tell.”
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Faramir and Eowyn look over the City of Gondor as the Ring of Power is destroyed
Return of the King – Book Six, Chapter Five: The Steward and the King
All five illustrations I created for the 2015 Beyond Bree Tolkien Calendar which is now available (and you should hurry if you want one, they tend to go fast). My three watercolour paintings and two ink drawings are:
And as they stood so, their hands met and clasped, though they did not know it. And still they waited for they knew not what. Then presently it seemed to them that above the ridges of the distant mountains another vast mountain of darkness rose, towering up like a wave that should engulf the world, and about it lightnings flickered; and then a tremor ran through the earth, and they felt the walls of the City quiver. A sound like a sigh went up from all the lands about them; and their hearts beat suddenly again.
‘It reminds me of Númenor,’ said Faramir, and wondered to hear himself speak.
‘Of Númenor?’ said Éowyn.
‘Yes,’ said Faramir, ‘of the land of Westernesse that foundered, and of the great dark wave climbing over the green lands and above the hills, and coming on, darkness unescapable. I often dream of it.’
‘Then you think that the Darkness is coming?’ said Éowyn. ‘Darkness Unescapable?’ And suddenly she drew close to him.
‘No,’ said Faramir, looking into her face. ‘It was but a picture in the mind. I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny. Éowyn, Éowyn, White Lady of Rohan, in this hour I do not believe that any darkness will endure!’ And he stooped and kissed her brow.
For narysocontrary, another winner of my giveaway who wanted a Tolkien inspired drawing featuring a Rohirric theme instead of a Sherlock one. I was happy to oblige.
And since somehow I ended up doing two commissions, one of the packs with the Big Issue and Sherlock ABC print and other stuff is still left and will go to another lucky person yet to be decided by the random number generator.
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