#shieldarmed

[aglaecan]

‘Yet I will wed with the White Lady of Rohan, if it be her will. And if she will, then let us cross the River and in happier days let us dwell in fair Ithilien and there make a garden. All things will grow with joy there, if the White Lady comes.'

[fundinson]

Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas to my dear @shieldarmed, from your Secret Santa. 🌟 Your take on Éowyn is a beauty in its refreshingly honest understanding of who she is and how she works. I’m so happy you decided to try out writing her a few years ago; I remember when you made her blog and I am honestly so happy that now, over three years later, you’re still going strong. ♥︎ Your thoughts on her reveal the true connection you have to her as a character and it’s a rare pleasure to be able to see that. I remember that her relationship to Aragorn was one of the first topics you delved into to explore on your blog: how you moved away from the ill-fated romance chiseled into the mainstream perception of them and how, building on the complex subtleties in both Éowyn’s and Aragorn’s personalities, you shaped their relationship into an equally complex, multifaceted entity. Every time I think about them, your interpretations of these characters––whether together or on their own––come to my mind. It is thanks to your love for and dedication to them that you craft such memorable portrayals. Thank you for sharing them with us. ♥︎ 

[burkhanlig]

( @shieldarmed liked this for a starter)

        Year 4 of the Fourth Age of the Sun. Peace?

        That was sought at least, through utopian ideas that had less consistency than a sandcastle. Who would they blame if they were at least trying? An old saying said that "the key to failure is trying to please everyone". So what was this but a waste of time from the beginning? They would never agree, and yet there he was; in a foreign city, of a kingdom hated by his people, walking among the blood that had stained their hands with the blood of his people countless times, just as his ancestors had counterattacked with more violence to the policies of expansion and imperialism. He could not help feeling a chill the previous afternoon when he saw the statue of King Roméndacil II in one of the squares of Osgiliath, with his sword raised to the east, in a gesture that waned between vigilance and offensive.

           It was in the Citadel of the Stars that the leaders of the most important kingdoms of Middle-Earth had gathered to try to resolve their differences: to reach a treaty of limits, commercial agreements, military, and non-aggression pacts. There was no longer any Dark Lord to subdue the minds, purposes and wills of those who in the west were called "men of darkness", among whom was the person of the Lôke-Khan. The historical differences and the blood shed among these peoples could not be forgotten from one day to the next and the hatred was still latent in the tongues and the brightness of the eyes of all those present, for there was King Elessar of the Reunited Kingdom and the Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth, The Black Serpent of Harad and the Prince of the Corsairs and other petty-kings of the south. Of the eastern kingdoms only the Lôke-Khan of the land they called Rhûn was present, while the Khudriag of Khand had sent a representative. Nor was the King of the Riddermark; in his place was his sister, the princess of Ithilien. The Dunledine clans and the Anduin valleys had been absent. But the presence that most bothered the Lôke-Khan was that of the young and inexperienced King Bard II of Dale, whom he tried not to observe, since it had been his hand that had left him without his fatherly figure and his hatred towards the Easterlings burned like a bonfire in winter.

        The second session was even worse than the first. The Lôke-Khan Margöz had remained silent for the hour and a half that had lasted, while the kings of the south and the west addressed all sorts of objections and reproaches about the proposal of overseas limits and fishing areas. He went out into the courtyard and breathed, longing for the tranquility of his city, while he raised the sleeves of his scarlet tunic with aureous details. Suddenly he realized that he was not alone, because the princess of Ithilien, representative of the kingdom of Rohan, had been the last to leave the room. Green snakes inspected her figure and noticed above all the prominent dilation of her belly, leading him to separate his lips to spin a question in a broken but understandable Westron.

        --- ❝Is it that King Éomer did not have a more adequate replacement to send to this misfortune knowing the condition of his sister? I do not think all this stress will do your pregnancy good, my lady. Congratulations, by the way.❞

[dreamedwithin-blog]

shieldarmed replied to your post “mardeheri replied to your post: mardeheri replied...”

also rohan's politics aren't as simple as people make them out to be, as people often forget the racial wars against / with the dunlendings in politics and layterms alike

(i’m just...going to respond to all of your crucial points here because i am too lazy to attempt assembling them) you are 100% correct - - there’s definitely a “game” of poltics in gondor (begun long ago and possibly strengthened by the fact that they have been kingless so long) that’s lacking in rohan, and definitely less of that in rohan. like you said, though, rohan’s politics aren’t just “we ride horses lots,” there’s still a LOT going on there that fandom seems to sort of shove aside in favor of making it this kind of free-wheeling place that canon doesn’t so much support. though...i suppose some gondorians might think they were pretty heckin freewheeling, all things considered. what really gets me, in the end, is the oversimplification of one in favor of making the other look better, or oversimplification of both based on impressions made by the films. which isn’t to say that those impressions aren’t there at all in the book-canon, more that the films can only highlight/extrapolate on so much 

[theeternalsun]

@killthebxy / @arcusignis / @zefis / @nathdar / @thescorcher / @zokliitsos / @princessorganc / @eternalbunni / @elesheir / @shieldarmed

I am very certain that I have forgotten people but for now I’ll just keep these names. You are here either because your presence in the dash is of absolute sweethearts or because your writing is incredible, or because I love plotting with you, maybe I don’t do as often anymore because of whatever reason. Others I’ve even yet to write with, but just.... be sure that I admire you and you inspire me. Just know that all of you are wonderful. I love seeing all of you on my dash :’)

[queenxcersei]

throneless. would anyone be interested in reading my analysis of the poison used to kill joffrey; in terms of my hypothesised real-life chemical compound equivalent and the book’s accuracy to its creation/symptoms/onset?

[brightsword-blog1]

Come now, there are virtues other than beauty.

SHE  GLOWS  IN  THIS  LOW  LIGHT ,  belonging to neither day nor night.  see how the light catches the gold of her hair !   quite content is faramir ;  to look upon the lady éowyn is a gift never thought to be received  –  not to him ,  to these hands ,  thought by now to folded ‘pon his breast in eternal sleep.   but that was not his fate ,  and there’s no corner of his heart that yearns for anything different.      “      aye ,  but each stand only to build upon this  –-  this single virtue ,  made all the  BRIGHTER  by those others.      ”      he would sooner weep at the sight of someone true of heart ,  than fall on his knees before a vision of fleeting beauty.     

“      when i call you beautiful ,  my lady ,  ‘tis not in regard to what is outside  –  though nary a soul would not turn for a second glance  –  but what is in.  your SPIRIT is what draws my eye ,  your will and your strength ,  as it has since first i saw you.  though feed me a word more to your LIKING ,  and i shall call you it as you please.      ”

mists of avalon sentence meme ,  accepting.

[aglaecan]

anyway i love one (1) man of gondor