Eowyn vs. Aragorn

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Originally Posted by Sauron the White

Redbeard has it pretty much right. Aragorn is the consumate fighter with skill that would would compare to Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan in their respective fields. He did not even bat an eye to Eowyn and - while she has more skill than otherwise might be initially guessed at - it was nothing compared to Aragorn. He was just playing cat and mouse with her.

But what of the standard canards of:

• David versus Goliath

• The strongest/mightiest doesn't always win

• This is Peter Jackson's LotR

• Logic is futile

But it was cute.

Eowyn seemed a little unhinged at the moment (i.e. Lost Eomer, lost Theodred, lost her job in caring for Theoden, lost Wormtongue, ...), and wasn't there something more useful she would have been doing than to be swinging a sword around 'indoors?' I wouldn't let my little ones play with as much as an umbrella.

[Quempel]

Which mega bad person did Aragorn defeat?

Eowyn defeated Wiki
Frodo defeated Sauron
Aragorn had to have the help of Rohan and the Army of the Dead to defeat the orcs at Pel Fields. He had to have his soon to be father-in-law reforge his sword. He had to rely on Gandalf to save him at Helms Deep. His greatest work was to be the bait for Sauron, while Frodo destroyed the ring. Oh he also acted as guard and delivery person for the Hobbits, and he sort of failed at that.

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Originally Posted by Quempel

Which mega bad person did Aragorn defeat?

Lurtz, countless orcs (walking and riding), Wargs, Uruks, Five of the Nazgul, the Mouth of Sauron, the King of the Dead, Elrond (having daughters myself, this may have been Aragorn's greatest threat), my credulity when he went cliff-diving and got horse-kissed...

Impressive enough list to stack against the resume of a shieldmaiden, having only killed countless orcs, an oliphaunt and the Witch-King.

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Well then there's Frodo. Frodo did more in one ring toss than Aragorn did ever. Last time I checked Frodo wasn't trained in much of anything.

[Sauron the White]

Yes - and the pilot of the Enola Gay wiped out tens of thousands with a single bomb - but that does not make him a better fighter than the world Heavyweight boxing champion.

[Quempel]

Funny I don't recall Smokin' Joe Lewis ending WWII all by himself.

[Sir Kohran]

Frodo defeated Sauron

Hardly. The only people in Middle-Earth who can claim to have done that are Elendil and Gil-Galad (or Isildur, depending on the version). All Frodo did was do something that led to Sauron's defeat.

If it was Sauron in one corner of the ring (pun intended) and Frodo opposite him, somehow I would doubt whether Frodo could 'defeat' him