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:Do you think horsemen who can ride in formation as skillfully as the Rohirrim had no leadership hierarchy? Any strange man hanging around camp would be sure to be challenged. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 20:09, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
:Do you think horsemen who can ride in formation as skillfully as the Rohirrim had no leadership hierarchy? Any strange man hanging around camp would be sure to be challenged. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 20:09, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
::Do you think it is impossible Eowyn could have assumed a false name? Either way, all of this conjecture is non-encyclopedic. Better to stick to what is in the text than speculate about hypothetical situations involving the characters. [[User:Sideways|Sideways]] 20:23, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
::Do you think it is impossible Eowyn could have assumed a false name? Either way, all of this conjecture is non-encyclopedic. Better to stick to what is in the text than speculate about hypothetical situations involving the characters. [[User:Sideways|Sideways]] 20:23, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
While justifying his distortions, the user I blocked claimed, "Neither the people around her nor the reader know of her until she reveals herself during her confrontation with the Witch-king." But no one who actually read the book and understands it could possibly think this way; he might have been thinking of the movie.
In her disguise as [[Dernhelm]], how could she pass freely through the camp unrecognized? Soldiers only ride with others they know. No anonymous man could possibly slip in. Clearly the others know who she was and refrained from addressing her on purpose. They went along with her ruse because they loved her and trusted her.
In multiple incidents in LOTR, a leader has been faced with a crucial choice between blind obedience and doing the right thing. Eomer spared the lives of Aragorn - seeing that a valid reason existed to make an exception to the general order of Theoden concerning strangers abroad in the land. He even gave them horses, recognizing that they were allies (not trespassers).
Eowyn might not have had a specific premonition of defeating the head [[Black Rider]], but her heart was true - and proven so by her heroics. Faramir (like Eomer) allowed Frodo and Sam to live; he even spared [[Gollum]]. Don't you get it? Gandalf explained it once: "Many deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement". It was by this principle that Frodo was able to tame Gollum - even restoring his rightful name - long enough to slip into Mordor, find [[Mount Doom]] and destroy the Ring.
I don't care how many details are gotten right, if the key point is missed. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 09:55, 12 December 2008 (EST)