Before I came here, I used to post on another board where this topic came up a lot. I'm also female ( [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] not many male Sophias out there, I think...) and this question always really surprised me. Maybe the females in LOTR aren't in the fellowship, but they're in their own places, and very strongly. You guys have already pointed out Eowyn and Galadriel, but there are more stong female characters in the backstory too... like Luthien, and even Varda (even though Manwe was more powerful, Varda was more beloved), and Elwing who carried the Silmaril, and Arien the Maia of the sun, and Melian who was so powerful she could protect an entire kingdom by herself... need I continue? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Tolkien's full of great female characters [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!
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