#grima wormtongue

[s-u-w-i]

finally, I can draw something just for fun again :')

I really like those Rohan chaps 🐎 guess it's kind of a redraw of this old thing

#my art #illustration #ink #traditional art #character design #tolkien #english literature #grima wormtongue #eowyn #theoden #rohan #lotr

[imsupposedtobestudying-whoops]

🗡🪱

Christopher Lee's expressions captivate me

#christopher lee #saruman the white #return of the king #lord of the rings #grima wormtongue #Tromroan #my art #fan art #lotr #rotk

[torchwood-99]

Eowyn and Gothic Horror

I've ranted about the interpretation that Eowyn's rejection of gender roles was a symptom of her sickness, caused only by Grima's manipulations. An interpretation that doesn't hold to either Gandalf's speech in the Houses of Healing, when he specifies how the liberties denied to Eowyn and allowed to Eomer and her male peers played a crucial role in her depression, or when we see how Eowyn was really vindicated in her decision to ride to battle by her victory over the Witch King. A victory that wins her incredible renown and respect.

I think this reading comes about because people see the significance of Grima's contribution to Eowyn's despair, and think he is the sole source of it.

But Eowyn was not dissatisfied with her role and her enforced position in the house because of Grima's manipulations. She didn't rail against sexism because Grima played with her head and "poisoned" her traditionally feminine role for her.

Grima was able to prey on Eowyn, manipulate her and drive her to despair, because of the sexism that forced Eowyn to remain stuck in the house.

Look at the speech Gandalf gives Eomer about Eowyn's sufferings. The very first thing he mentions is the fact that Eowyn was denied the freedoms and opportunities Eomer had. The suffering that follows stems from that first initial injustice.

Because of that first injustice, Eowyn was rendered vulnerable, and Grima was able to exploit that. That isolation, that limited freedom, that unhappiness about her lack of choices, left her free game for Grima to take an already bad situation, and make it far worse.

Thinking about Eowyn's experience in Meduseld, what the impact of being confined to the domestic sphere did to her, and what is left her vulnerable to, makes me think of Gothic horror, and the role of sexism and domesticity in that genre too.

Eowyn's situation before the novels is that of a classic Gothic heroine. A fair, beautiful woman, trapped inside a decaying house, and preyed on by an awful monster, who hungers after her beauty and longs to possess her. Or else, destroy her.

Domestic settings and isolation are pretty crucial themes in the gothic genre, and for that reason it has historically been seen as a woman's genre. It taps into a pretty universal fear of what happens when home ceases to be a safe space, a fear that historically, has a particularly great resonance for women.

Whereas traditionally home is a refuge and respite for men from the world, the home is the woman's only true acceptable sphere. And yet even there she is subordinate. Therefore, she is vulnerable. With no place in the outside world, she has no escape, no respite, no refuge. If home becomes an evil, she is trapped. And because she has no place in the social sphere, she has no voice either. She is invisible, she is overlooked, her sufferings and her contributions are passed over,

Eowyn is isolated. Eowyn is vulnerable. Eowyn is overlooked. And because Eowyn is isolated and vulnerable and overlooked, Grima is able to get his hooks into her and drive her to despair. She is a wild animal, trammelled and caught in a hutch, a predator's helpless prey. But Grima didn't put Eowyn in the hutch. Eowyn was already there. Grima just took advantage of that.

Even after Grima is gone, Meduseld is still a place Eowyn longs to escape, and while its evil is purged and she does return, it is only for a short while. Grima's defeat is not enough to make Meduseld a place where Eowyn can find real happiness or fulfilment. On its own, it still represents a role for Eowyn that she wishes to move beyond.

The healing counterpoint to Eowyn's gothic castle of horrors, the hutch she was caught in, is in escape, and in a return to nature.

Eowyn's entire romance with Faramir takes place within the gardens of the Houses of Healing, where we see Eowyn start to recover from her ordeal. It takes place on the open, in the garden, on the ramparts, with much notice given to the sky and the sun and the elements around them.

(Also, the Houses of Healing themselves are not a domestic setting, but a public one, and there we see women working alongside men and holding authority.)

Eowyn's happy ending, her great escape, climaxes with her decision to go with Faramir to Ithilien.

Ithilien is the exact opposite of a hutch. It's descriptions are filled with natural imagery, and is known as the Garden of Gondor. It is a place for growth and fresh starts. A place of freedom. A place for a wild thing.

When Faramir suggests that he and Eowyn live in Ithilien, he reasserts again and again that they will go there if it is Eowyn's will. Both Tolkien and Faramir put emphasis on the importance of Eowyn's will, and Eowyn's right to freedom of movement.

In his plans for their future, Faramir talks of "us" and "we", removing the separation between men (belonging to the social sphere) and women (belonging to the domestic), and speaks of Ithilien as a shared dwelling place for both of them. Faramir only distinguishes between himself and Eowyn when he puts importance on Eowyn's will, and at the end, on Eowyn's influence.

At the close of his speech, Faramir says all things will grow with joy in Ithilien, if Eowyn is there. Returning Ithilien to its former glory, allowing it to bloom once more, is to become Faramir's life's work, and still it is Eowyn's influence he puts centre stage. Far from being kept confined to the domestic sphere, relegated to being Faramir's home support while he dominates the rehabilitation of Ithilien, Faramir places Eowyn's work and Eowyn's significance at the heart of their future together.

Eowyn goes from being shut in the house, where everything around her was decaying and falling to ruin, to being freed to stand in the heart of nature, where there is a chance for influence, growth, and fresh starts.

#Lotr #Lord of the Rings #Eowyn #Faramir #Grima Wormtongue #Farawyn #Faramir-x-Eowyn

[incorrect-lord-of-the-rings]

#help #lotr #lord of the rings #lotr meme #incorrect lotr #incorrect lord of the rings #gandalf #theoden #spotify #playlist #the two towers #grima wormtongue #saruman #tolkien

[trek-tracks]

Theory 1: Karl Urban just really enjoys being banished from large tracts of land

Theory 2: Grima Wormtongue is Bones' ex-wife

#star trek #leonard mccoy #star trek aos #lord of the rings #eomer #the two towers #star trek 2009 #grima wormtongue #jim kirk #karl urban #this might be my weirdest post yet #bones mccoy #i am performing in the choir for the live-scored two towers next weekend so i was watching the movie again for the first time in a while #this should not have been my takeaway

[theworldsoftolkein]

The Palace of King Theoden - by Breath Art2004

#theoden #middle earth #kingdom of rohan #riders of rohan #meduseld #grima wormtongue #eowyn #sauron #saruman

[dagordagorath]

2 March: Gandalf heals King Théoden

#the lord of the rings #the two towers #lotr #lotredit #tolkienedit #lotrcolors #gandalf #theoden #théoden #grima wormtongue #gríma wormtongue #byaster #ch:gandalf #ch:théoden #ch:gríma #movie:the two towers #movie:the lord of the rings

[exdeputysonso]

So fair. So cold. Like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter’s chill. - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

#brad dourif #miranda otto #the lord of the rings #the two towers #filmedit #filmgifs #lotr #lotredit #eowyn #grima wormtongue #grimowyn #eowyn x grima #myedit #braddourif* #lotr* #guys i'm so normal about this #as you could expect #also can't believe i'm finally making some grima gifs after all this time #for the yearning series

[artwins]

wormtongue

#art #fanart #illustration #bust #the lord of the rings #lotr #grima #grima wormtongue #brad dourif #artists on tumblr #artwins

[tromroan]

Sharkey and Worm

#saruman #grima wormtongue #saruman the white #The return of the king #Lord of the Rings #LOTR #jrr tolkien #Tromroan #my art #fan art

[scarlethyena]

I love the trope of "oh look, it's the king's most trusted advisor." And then it's just the least trustworthy person imaginable. Like in LOTR, you've got Grima Wormtongue slithering around Theoden's court giving bad advice and telling lies uninhibited until Gandalf and the gang show up. His name is Grima Wormtongue. Forget becoming an advisor, why'd they even let this guy in? How'd he get promoted to a position like that? Who looks at a devious little man with a name like that and immediately goes "ah yes, he seems like a trustworthy advisor" Saruman's magical influence doing heavy lifting here.

#scarletposts #lotr #grima wormtongue #tolkien #saruman #king theoden

[s-u-w-i]

Seven more! Hehehe 🕷🕸 Probably the last few from LOTR (if I'm not tempted to draw Ghân-buri-Ghân, I may be) but because I'm continuing this project till Easter I'll draw few guys from Hobbit and Silmarillion in the days left. Also, I’ve decided I'll be selling the originals after I finish all the drawings. But if there is any character you'd like to have in particular you can start reserving them now. By messaging me here or on [email protected] :^)

Shelob, Wormtongue and King of the Dead are left from this bunch!

The size of the drawings is A6 and prices from 50 to 80USD (shipping included). Also as last year with the dog drawings this year too - all the earnings will be sent to charities. Thank you! 🌿

Rest of the characters are here and here and here and here!

#my art #illustration #ink #traditional art #character design #tolkien #lotr #theoden #shelob #treebeard #fangorn #lobelia sackville baggins #grima wormtongue #imrahil #king of the dead

[gnomescarfcomics]

Middle-earth shots of the week

#Middle-earth shots #Thorin Oakenshield #Eowyn #Witch King #Balin #Dori #Gloin #Bombur #Ori #Bofur #Dwalin #Nori #Oin #Bilbo Baggins #Saruman #Grima Wormtongue #Frodo Baggins #Faramir #The Hobbit #Lord of the Rings #Tolkien

[grouper]

no, worm is not really nice.

#grima wormtongue #saruman the white #lotr #lotr fanart #art moment #fanart

[lady-arryn]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS costumes appreciation: ― Grima's robes (costume design by Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor)

#lord of the rings #grima wormtongue #lotredit #fantasyedit #costumeedit #** #*gif #*lotr #*lotrcostumes #i really like his costume design #it's so tangled and crumpled #and with so many layers it looks like he's overpowered by it #it wears him and not vice versa #in a way it reminds me also of denethor's robes #though his costume is much more refined #and this looks messy af

[whiteladyofithilien]

I love how Tolkien is fully aware of the dark side of masculinity. Like he has so many good men many of who are in very egalitarian relationships with the women in their life that it almost seems like he comes from some other world where toxic masculinity never existed... And then you have Eöl and Celegorm and Grima Wormtongue and you're like "ahh so you did know about how men who aren't on the bad guys' side are still capable of being not good guys" (yes Grima is on Saruman's side by the end but he didn't start out of there, he was once a man of Rohan)

I would even argue Denethor falls into this category. Because if he had been an emotionally mature dude he would have invested himself in both his sons and not allowed his grief over Finduilas to make him an unjust father incapable of giving of himself to his children and only demanding from them. But hey at least he's got a reason unlike Eöl who's got less provocation and is twice as big of a dick.

But really of all of them I think I have the most beef with Celegorm for freaking trying to kill LUTHIEN just cause she was in love with someone else. If that isn't some incel level toxicity I don't know what is

#tolkien doesn't tolerate toxic masculinity #lord of the rings #tolkien #jrr tolkien #lotr #the silmarillion #silmarils #silmarillion #luthien #luthien tinuviel #luthien the fair #celegorm #grima wormtongue #eol #toxic relationship #toxic masculinity #toxic love #i do not desire the speech of living men #denethor #boromir #faramir #finduilas #incel