# Eowyn, Arwen, or Galadriel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448 "2009-07-27T17:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/1 "2009-07-27T17:15:08Z")
Explain your reasons. Bonus points for silly answers. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/2 "2009-07-27T17:20:26Z")
Arwen. Definitely Arwen. Any female with a sword named Hadhafang is aces in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/3 "2009-07-27T17:24:10Z")
Dude. It’s _fantasy_, so: **ménage à quatre** ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/4 "2009-07-27T17:25:44Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Dude. It’s _fantasy_, so: > **ménage à quatre** Arwen is Galadriel’s granddaughter, so that’s just ooky. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/5 "2009-07-27T17:25:50Z")
They’re all hawt, but I’d probably be more comfortable with Eowyn. I’d always worry that Galadriel was peering into my soul, and Arwen would play the guilt card: “I gave up the best years of my life for you – thousands of them!” Plus, of course, Galadriel is already married to a mighty elf lord. Yeah, he’s pretty passive in the book, but I bet he could be dangerous if riled. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/6 "2009-07-27T17:27:36Z")
Arwen. Her name is the easiest one to spell. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/7 "2009-07-27T18:21:23Z")
But “Galadriel” sounds prettier. Are we talking about which one we like in general, or which one we’d date? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/8 "2009-07-27T18:22:36Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > But “Galadriel” sounds prettier. > > Are we talking about which one we like in general, or which one we’d date? I deliberately left the question open-ended. You can answer it however you wish. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/9 "2009-07-27T18:25:23Z")
Galadriel. I like older women. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/10 "2009-07-27T18:26:54Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Arwen is Galadriel’s granddaughter, so that’s just ooky. It’s okay, as an aficionado of identical twin sex videos, I’m aware of where the line is and can direct them accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/11 "2009-07-27T18:27:35Z")
Eowyn. She’d have my back in a fight. JRRT’s Arwen never seemed much more than decorative (despite her ancestress Luthien kicking Sauron’s butt), and Galadriel is just a bit too worldy-wise for my taste. All that time sitting at the feet of Manwë and Varda, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/12 "2009-07-27T18:28:19Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > It’s okay, as an aficionado of identical twin sex videos, I’m aware of where the line is and can direct them accordingly. I’m pretty sure that if Gimli & Eomer understood what you were talking about, they would kill you were you sit. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/13 "2009-07-27T18:45:53Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Arwen is Galadriel’s granddaughter, so that’s just ooky. They’re ELVES. They don’t quite have the same view of these things as we do. How about Goldberry, can you throw her in too? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/14 "2009-07-27T18:52:28Z")
Write-in vote for _Melian_. She protects the land with her magical girdle. I always pictured some French Quarter cancan girl chasing the orcs away with her divine sassiness. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/15 "2009-07-27T18:56:09Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Write-in vote for _Melian_. She protects the land with her magical girdle. I always pictured some French Quarter cancan girl chasing the orcs away with her divine sassiness. That’s simple madness. If Galadriel is intimidating, Melian must be intimindating-cubed. At a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/16 "2009-07-27T18:59:06Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > intimindating-cubed. She can intimidate you with her mind! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/17 "2009-07-27T18:59:16Z")
Eowyn, because cuckholding Faramir doesn’t strike me as being nearly as dangerous as doing so to Aragorn or Celeborn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/18 "2009-07-27T19:01:15Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I’m pretty sure that if Gimli & Eomer understood what you were talking about, they would kill you were you sit. What if I weren’t sitting? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/19 "2009-07-27T19:03:23Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > What if I weren’t sitting? I left out an H, obviously. But actually sitting would be the best option. I don’t think either of them would kill you without giving you the chance to defend youself, so if you stayed in your chair they’d forbear. Well, Eomer might. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448/20 "2009-07-27T19:06:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I left out an H, obviously. > > But actually sitting would be the best option. I don’t think either of them would kill you without giving you the chance to defend youself, so if you stayed in your chair they’d forbear. > > Well, Eomer might. I’d still be taller than Gimli. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eowyn-arwen-or-galadriel/504448.md?page=2)