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Originally Posted by Aganzir
But Thorondor isn't female.  I don't think it's a failure on Tolkien's part, insomuch as not finishing The Silmarillion before dying was a failure.  And what, don't you like mysterious ladies? |
Truth be told, no. I think the whole concept of mysterious ladies is kinda overused and, therefore, overrated and boring already. Or at least the way it's usually done. A vampire mysterious lady brings to mind the worst clichés. I would at least hope that Tolkien would have made his vampire woman something more than the average B-class vampire movie main star, though at his time it probably wasn't the same thing.
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Originally Posted by the phantom
But of course when Tolkien fails to provide an adequate back-story and details, it forces us to invent our own to bridge the gap- which means Thuringwethil is precisely as awesome as Maria's imagination can make her.
And apparently the answer to "how awesome?" is "12" on a 0 to 10 scale.
Sounds about right. |
Sure, sure. Personally, I am all for the reader's invention. But exactly: for
me, she is just a boring batwoman.