Jan 26
another great thing about Eowyn/Faramir is that Faramir is a) Gondorin aristocracy and b) kind of a nerd, AND c) he grew up in a high-walled city under constant threat of an adjacent Enemy, which means he has definitely read at least one, more likely multiple epic poems about the Fall of Gondolin; which means when he calls Eowyn “White Lady of Rohan”, he is 100% consciously referencing Aredhel Ar-Feiniel, White Lady of the Noldor, huntress, traveller, and rebel, whose life was (too often) defined by seeking freedom and whom history wishes had not died in defense of someone she loved.
