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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>very un-Tolkienesque<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Exactly. I am a bit more forgiving of Arwen's expanded role in Fellowship, just because it didn't seems to get in the way of the story. In Towers, they basically had to force her into the movie. She blended better in Fellowship, not perfectly, but better than she did in Towers. I am very glad that PJ dropped the idea of Arwen, Warrior Princess, though. I'm not sure I like what happened to Arwen's character in Towers. She seemed too weepy and Mary-Sue-like for my tastes. At least she had some personality in Fellowship, you know? <P>I've talked to a lot of people about this topic before and have received quite a few interesting opinions about it. One I thoroughly agree with is that PJ felt he <I>had</I> to have Arwen in Towers to provide opposition for Eowyn. Eowyn is such a strong character, and you can see her eyes just light up whenever she looks at Aragorn. She shows real emotion, unlike Arwen, who seems to be concentrating on looking etherial and other-worldly. Personally, I think this was a miscalculation on PJ's part; having Arwen in the Movie that much has seemed to push Eowyn sympathies rather than Arwen sympathies, at least with the people I've talked to. I don't condemn Arwen's intrusion in Towers, but I wish there hadn't been so much of it. I think it's really overdone, considering she isn't mentioned in Towers (the book) at all! One little scene (less suggestive than the dream PJ did) would have sufficed.