What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

ohmygodstopit:

time-to-get-ill:

The Lord of the Rings: Loyal Steeds of Middle Earth

Mrs. Maggot. Goldberry. Arwen. Galadriel. Eowyn. Ioreth. Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. Rosie Cotton. Belladonna Took. Celebrian (Arwen’s mother). They’re all named in the book. Movies aren’t everything.

There’s an important difference between ‘characters who are named in the books’ and 'characters who feature prominently in events’, though. Two of the women you’ve listed are dead; from memory, Goldberry is mentioned but doesn’t appear, Mrs Maggot is a thoroughly minor character with no bearing on the plot, Ioreth is mentioned once, and Lobelia and Rosie only really matter at the end, appearing on the edge of things. The only women who actually have an impact on the story are Galadriel, Arwen and Eowyn: that’s three. Whereas, by contrast, a bare minimum of four horses get multiple named appearances during critical scenes plus individual backstories: Shadowfax, Brego, Arod and Hasufel. Just saying!

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