Rules      FAQ       Register        Login
It is currently October 31st, 2024, 7:43 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 42 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next
Author Message
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: March 13th, 2012, 8:27 am 
Movie Extra
Movie Extra
User avatar

Joined: 01 June 2006
Posts: 11
Location: Hildorien
Country: Romania (ro)
Gender: Female

Offline
I haven't noticed that, but I would have loved to see some dwarf women, maybe they where there (I mean the movie) but because of their beards ... :-)))
I think Tolkien could have wrote more about them, I don't imagine them as house wifes, maybe house warriors ;-)

_________________
Elen síla lumenn' omentielvo


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: March 13th, 2012, 9:33 am 
Istari
Istari
User avatar

Joined: 28 June 2011
Posts: 2177
Location: Shire
Country: Poland (pl)
Gender: Female

Offline
That is indeed cool idea, I would love to read about dwarven women too. :-D Bearded women are something I adore ;p

_________________
Image

Image


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 14th, 2012, 11:27 am 
Dwarf
Dwarf
User avatar

Joined: 03 August 2012
Posts: 89
Country: United States (us)
Gender: Female

Offline
It had never occured to me before now, but yah. There isn't a single female character. It doesn't bother me all that much, Tolkien was never one for female characters, and his male characters are really good.

_________________
There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.
-Gandalf


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 15th, 2012, 3:20 am 
Movie Extra
Movie Extra
User avatar

Joined: 01 June 2006
Posts: 11
Location: Hildorien
Country: Romania (ro)
Gender: Female

Offline
Actually there is a female character, Goldberry the companion of Tom Bombadil, not a very important one but one of the more detalied female character, at least in the books :-)
And I can say that the ideea of the female dwarf came to me a fwe years ago, wen I started to write a story based on LOTR, all I can say she was a teen ager, obviously with beard :-)

_________________
Elen síla lumenn' omentielvo


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 15th, 2012, 11:32 am 
Dwarf
Dwarf
User avatar

Joined: 03 August 2012
Posts: 89
Country: United States (us)
Gender: Female

Offline
Oh, yes, Goldberry. I remember now. Thanks for saying something. :blush: That's pretty cool, Cala.

_________________
There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.
-Gandalf


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 21st, 2012, 1:25 pm 
Elf
Elf
User avatar

Joined: 20 August 2012
Posts: 1191
Country: Rohan (xr)
Gender: Female

Offline
Omg I can't believe I never noticed there were no female main characters in the hobbit! :O

_________________
"May the odds be ever in your favour."

Image
Banner by litlemusa on dA


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 21st, 2012, 1:39 pm 
Istari
Istari
User avatar

Joined: 26 February 2012
Posts: 2086
Location: Arda
Country: United Kingdom (uk)
Gender: Female

Offline
thestripybag wrote:
Omg I can't believe I never noticed there were no female main characters in the hobbit! :O


Hence why PJ had to add in Tauriel and bring back Galadriel for the films - to balance it out :P

_________________
Image

Nai andúnë elen
Siluva lyenna,
Nai írë mornië lanta
Órelya nauva sanda.


~Sírelindë~


Top
 Profile       WWW            
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 21st, 2012, 4:20 pm 
Dwarf
Dwarf
User avatar

Joined: 03 August 2012
Posts: 89
Country: United States (us)
Gender: Female

Offline
Sírelindë wrote:
thestripybag wrote:
Omg I can't believe I never noticed there were no female main characters in the hobbit! :O


Hence why PJ had to add in Tauriel and bring back Galadriel for the films - to balance it out :P

Yah. I think it was just Tolkien's style that made it that way. i know when I write stories, most of my characters are female.

_________________
There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.
-Gandalf


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 21st, 2012, 4:26 pm 
Elf
Elf
User avatar

Joined: 20 August 2012
Posts: 1191
Country: Rohan (xr)
Gender: Female

Offline
Perhaps. Now that I think of it, lotr doesn't seem to have many female characters either...

_________________
"May the odds be ever in your favour."

Image
Banner by litlemusa on dA


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 21st, 2012, 4:36 pm 
Dwarf
Dwarf
User avatar

Joined: 03 August 2012
Posts: 89
Country: United States (us)
Gender: Female

Offline
Yah, but it doesn't bother me. I don't really mind. I'd never really thought about it until now.

_________________
There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.
-Gandalf


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 21st, 2012, 4:40 pm 
Elf
Elf
User avatar

Joined: 20 August 2012
Posts: 1191
Country: Rohan (xr)
Gender: Female

Offline
I know and me niether! But it doesn't make lotr any less amazing:)

_________________
"May the odds be ever in your favour."

Image
Banner by litlemusa on dA


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 22nd, 2012, 1:18 pm 
Dwarf
Dwarf
User avatar

Joined: 03 August 2012
Posts: 89
Country: United States (us)
Gender: Female

Offline
thestripybag wrote:
But it doesn't make lotr any less amazing:)

Yah!

_________________
There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.
-Gandalf


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: August 26th, 2012, 3:43 pm 
Movie Extra
Movie Extra
User avatar

Joined: 01 June 2006
Posts: 11
Location: Hildorien
Country: Romania (ro)
Gender: Female

Offline
I really don't know where my head was...JRRT paid hes dues in the Silmarillion, probably he thought that he wrote about to many women in that book so he concentrated more on men ;-)
Or maybe it was the other way around? :-))

_________________
Elen síla lumenn' omentielvo


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: September 2nd, 2012, 2:37 pm 
Elf
Elf
User avatar

Joined: 16 August 2010
Posts: 1364
Location: Somewhere Exciting
Country: United States (us)
Gender: Female

Offline
Cala Desrin wrote:
Actually there is a female character, Goldberry the companion of Tom Bombadil, not a very important one but one of the more detalied female character, at least in the books :-)
And I can say that the ideea of the female dwarf came to me a fwe years ago, wen I started to write a story based on LOTR, all I can say she was a teen ager, obviously with beard :-)


But Goldberry was only ever in LotR, right? Never The Hobbit, and as I should be right in saying this is a discussion for the lack of Female characters in The Hobbit.....then Goldberry doesn't exactly count. Right? :p

_________________
AKA Crutchie :)
Image
Image
Click here to visit my site!


Top
 Profile       WWW            
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: September 4th, 2012, 2:20 am 
Movie Extra
Movie Extra
User avatar

Joined: 01 June 2006
Posts: 11
Location: Hildorien
Country: Romania (ro)
Gender: Female

Offline
You are right, I have combined a little bite the Hobbit with LOTR, it's been some years since I read them, my bad :-)
Maibe because LOTR it was thought as a sequel to The Hobbit, and the firs part is more like that. :-)

_________________
Elen síla lumenn' omentielvo


Top
 Profile                  
 
 Post subject: Re: Lack of Female Characters
PostPosted: September 20th, 2013, 12:54 am 
Hobbit
Hobbit
User avatar

Joined: 28 May 2013
Posts: 32
Location: Middle-Earth Rohan The golden hall
Country: United Kingdom (uk)
Gender: Female

Offline
Tolkien lived in time where men were dominant

_________________
''Why are you saying this''


Top
 Profile                  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 42 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  




Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
Boyz theme by Zarron Media 2003