Anghraine

I mostly have a great birthday on the Middle-earth front, since a) it coincides with the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, my favourite of all the Middle-earth battles, b) that battle specifically includes Éowyn laughing into the Witch-king’s face before stabbing him, and c) my favourite Tolkien character, Faramir, is saved from death on the same day!

But my second-favourite dies tragically :(

otoh … Éowyn

tagged: #every time i look at the timeline it's like 'march 15. battle of the pelennor fields' FUCK YEAH!!! 'pyre of denethor' NONONONONO #but with all respect to denethor it's still a pretty rocking birthday for a tolkien fan #the ride of the rohirrim is one of the single best scenes that tolkien wrote in anything ever SO