forth now and fear no darkness!

[mimesere]

Now is the hour come, Riders of the Mark, sons of Eorl! Foes and fire are before you, and your homes far behind. yet, though you fight upon an alien field, the glory that you reap there shall be your own for ever. Oaths ye have taken: now fulfil them all, to lord and land and league of friendship!

*

Arise, arise Riders of Theoden!
Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

*

You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.

*

Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending!

*

Out of dark, out of doubt, to the day's rising
I rose, singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking,
now for wrath, now for ruin, and a red nightfall.

Comments

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

*Beats sword against shield*

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

*snuggles you a lot*

Theoden is the best kingly boyfriend ever.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reminding me how beautiful Tolkein can be.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

I am not the best reader of Tolkien, because of how um. He drives me nuts 99% of the time. But I do like the bits with the Rohirrim quite a lot.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm with you on the being driven nuts. Still, it's good to remember there's some lovely stuff in 'em, if you squint a bit.

[donella.livejournal.com]

I read Eowyn's standoff against the Witch King to my cousin when I was persuading him to read the books. It worked like a charm. Possibly my favorite part of RotK.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

It's pretty darn awesome. She will smite the Witch King! That's the best. And then, in the movie, she stabs him in the face. Which is even more the best. Oh, Eowyn, you are so spiffy. And Eomer. And Theoden. And everyone.

*draws sparkly little melancholy warrior hearts around them*

[donella.livejournal.com]

My brain tried to picture what a sparkly little melancholy warrior heart would look like. Now it hurts. Thanks a lot. :P

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

The hearts have chain mail, obv. and swords. And maybe go "DEATH!" a lot and throw spears.

They're pretty hardcore ;)

[donella.livejournal.com]

Oh of course.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

there should really be more types of sparkly hearts.

Whimsy goth macabre romantic hearts!

Melancholy warrior hearts!

Geeky spy hearts!

[cesario.livejournal.com]

You know, I will never, ever forgive the way I felt when I read those lines for the first time, when Dernhelm reveals herself as Eowyn. I think I screamed and burst into tears at the same time. I've rarely been so stirred.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

*beams* Oh, Eowyn. She is super super awesome.

[nolivingman.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes yes yes. They kick mighty ass, the Rohirrim, and I love them like whoa.

I love all those bits, and this which I will post, the moment when they arrive at the Pelennor. It never stops giving me a chill when I read it, even after all these times. (Much like Movie Theoden after the lighting of the beacons saying "And Rohan will answer." OMG LOVE HIM).

Gandalf did not move.
And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard in the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.

And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin's sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

(OMG KINGLY BOYFRIEND. THEODEN, HOW SO AWESOME?)

I love the arrival at Pelennor. I *love* it.

[halfacork.livejournal.com]

I need to watch these movies again.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Me tooooooo.

[vampyreranger.livejournal.com]

Riders unite!

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Forth Eorlingas!