#like thingol lowkey is responsible for most of the shit that goes wrong in the latter parts of the silm

[mercutiotakethewheel]

Tolkien’s specific sense of misogyny is so funny to me cuz like he clearly knows that women are often very, very cool and writes all these cool women characters. like galadriel and melian and eowyn. but like his writing is always so damn selective about when he remembers these women are cool (or like that they exist at all). And coincidentally these women always seem to stop being relevant or important or any sort of non-passive the moment theres a quirky little dude to pair them up with.

with the exception being, obviously, luthien, who gets a million times cooler the second she has a cute little damsel in distress to run after. (and also that eowyns whole shtick actually works and aligns with the themes of the novel)

#tolkien #like i get that galadriel isnt a warrior and shouldnt be written as one #but how you really gonna have her as like the last bitch standing whose been to valinor #and is therefore the most powerful elf for most of lotr #and still completely forget about her at every oppurtunity #and ill never forgive him for what he did to melian #tho it does kinda fuck that shes like the ominous voice haunting the narrative in the background #but also like maybe tell your husband hes doing fumb shit before he does it #or better yet DONT LET HIM DO IT ALL #like thingol lowkey is responsible for most of the shit that goes wrong in the latter parts of the silm #and melian who is like the only reason he has power at all #the threat behind all his dumb decisions #is just sitting there while he does this shit like doot do doo #leans over to galadriel #pssst hes gonna regret that #not to mention her lame ass death