#Houses of Healing

[essenceofarda]

A quiet corner in the houses of healing... moments before a fateful introduction...

Still having fun with style exploration :) the bg was inspired by/a semi-study of the work of Loïc Locatelli Kournwsky :>

[whiteladyofithilien]

Okay here to talk Eowyn and how the slights and disrespect she gets are more annoying than listening to Gollum talk to himself all day...

People who act like Aragorn dislikes/disdains her just because he doesn't return her romantic feelings are living in that incel mindset that women can only be admired as matrons or sexual objects. Aragorn the king of wholesome masculinity admires the heck out of Eowyn. Refers to her as the fairest thing in Rohan. He values her friendship and her place as a fundamental bullwark of her people.

People who act like she's somehow pathetic because she falls for someone who doesn't return her affection are not living in reality. They're lost in some Hollywood/porn centric view of romance where women are always sexually desired and if they aren't well then something is wrong with them. Faramir very clearly lays out what happened. She who had been treated rather like a utility in her household meets the last and greatest of the men of Numenor. Truly a man above all others. And of course she's bedazzled. Then there's the fact that he seems to truly see her (albeit on his side just platonic admiration and desire for friendship) and she matters and of course for someone who has been sidelined to tending to her aging uncle this draws her in. There's no fault on Aragorn but as any girl whose femininity and/or personhood has gone largely ignored will tell you it can be quite heady when someone actually notices you as a whole person, femininity included.

And finally her moment with the Witch-King being stolen from her like she did nothing. Ignores all these facts

1. Merry wouldn't have been there to stab him if not for her

2. It's very clearly a dual credit thing both in the passage and in the appendix footnotes

3. Nothing explicitly says that without Merry and his barrow-blade that she couldn't kill the witch-king. She's not a man while Merry is not a Man. The whole thing was based off of an elven prophecy which prophecies seldom are straightforward in their wording and don't even always come true (ask Treebeard) so there's nothing conclusive to say that her jamming a sword in his face wouldn't have done the trick with or without Merry. His role is certainly important because if nothing else prophecy or no he did distract the Witch-King with his blow allowing Eowyn to press an advantage but absolutely nothing there discredits her accomplishment in slaying the Witch-King of Angmar and people trying to act like Merry "made it easy for her" need to shove a barrow-blade where the sun don't shine

Small note here too. People who want to criticize her cooking are wrong in multiple aspects.

A. That's only in the films and a deleted scene at that.

B. It's sexist as hell to base a woman's merit off of her cooking skills. You go hamstring an oliphant and make a souffle then anonymous dudebro hating on Eowyn

C. If you think Eowyn's only accomplishments are "masculine" she does have a great talent with "feminine arts" as in she's a healer and gardener in Ithilien and by virtue of her spouse she's a freaking princess given Faramir is the Prince of Ithilien

So in conclusion if you want to diss Eowyn for any of the above mentioned off base arguments you can kiss Gollum's scrawny arse

[idratherdreamofjune]

Does anyone know the artist for this piece? It's all over Pinterest but with no attribution, the best source I found using Google Image search is this Twitter/X link which doesn't specify an account. The style feels familiar and also vintage.

[vsnapdragon]

redraw ( old version under cut )

[kurokiorya]

[thetempleofthemasaigoddess]

RINGS OF POWER HEADCANON

Many centuries later, a descendant of Bronwyn (through the child she has with Arondir) will move to Gondor and establish the Houses of Healing.

[malinaa]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

[ehyehyhwhh]

A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A MONTH. TRUST GOD.

[backpackingspace]

My actual favorite part of wisdom saga is telemachus trying to lean against Athena (he thought about that for .03 seconds and then was like nah !!! :D she's my friend not the goddess of war!!! Good to see that the audacity is running strong in odysseus's family) and then just passed threw her and fell on the floor. And then Athena did not move at all!!! And just stood there looking at him.

[solifelessblog]

Darius taking care of Hunter after a visit to the emperor...

Please reblog, don’t repost :)

[drenched-in-sunlight]

mom vs dad incantation class

(also no thought… just Marika with her little daughters)

[whiteladyofithilien]

This! This is non-toxic masculinity, folks! This is a secure attachment!

The emotional maturity of Faramir Captain of Gondor is staggering. Here he is... With all the abandonment and wounding you could expect a man to endure. The mostly motherless unloved second son who nearly died trying to please his father... And he's NOT chasing Eowyn out of a need for someone to heal him, or even someone to validate him by making him feel like the hero his father never acknowledged him as. No he's over here facing plain facts and declaring his love would exist even if Eowyn didn't need him because he knows she doesn't but he cares deeply for her and in a lesser way under all his feelings he no doubt senses how good they would be for each other but he's not putting pressure on her to stroke his ego or heal his wounds or to make him feel better about himself.

Before they came together, quite likely before his knowledge of her deepened into friendship and then love, sometime after his fall and in the same Houses of Healing where she found herself he not long before must have found himself too. Seen that his father's opinions didn't define him. Maybe it was the love of Beregond and knowing that in spite of his father's coldness he had men who were not even his assigned rangers who would risk death and dishonor for him. Maybe it was something in the healing hands of the king deeper than just lifting the Black Breath and healing his physical wounds. But somewhere in his convalescence the son of Gondor found peace. And from this place of self assuredness he was able to extend a love without expectations or demands for the fair Lady of Rohan. Able to "speak plainly" with her and not dread her rejection as though it would define him.

[hinamie]

congrats on your recovery n all yuuji but unfortunately for you I thought the scars were cool >:/

[vsnapdragon]

athelas

[thatsitso]

So I finished orv