With this being our last video before Christmas, I just wanted to say, HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you all! I hope you all have a great one 😄
@frostmanticorerockadile9968 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Y'all as well. This is a great video. Great work
@jovanweismiller7114 Жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas & a thumb down for the stupid 'Happy Holidays'.
@dlxmarks Жыл бұрын
In _Unfinished Tales_ Tolkien wrote that Éomer's esteem of Théodred was second only to his esteem for Théoden. Wormtongue tried to set them against each other but their bond was too strong for him to affect it.
@psychocuda Жыл бұрын
Karl Urban delivered his lines so perfectly in The Two Towers, especially when Gimli, Aragorn and Legolas first meet him. His bitterness toward what has happened to him, his men, and his king is tempered by signs of humanity and compassion when he gives the two horses to those three. His scowling face and menacing gaze makes him tough and fearsome in appearance, yet he is an even-tempered man. Though Elrond looks down at the courage and honor of men, between Eomer, Theoden, Aragorn and Faramir, those four show the most nobility, courage, wisdom and sympathy towards others. Such well-written characters both in the books and movies.
@paulhess1689 Жыл бұрын
Theoden has been my favorite, in large part because of his redemption arc. To go from having a mind poisoned by Grima to valiantly leading a seemingly hopeless charge at Pelennor Fields makes him stand out in my mind. Theoden, along with Faramir and Eowyn, are arguably my favorite LOTR characters.
@PapaMav Жыл бұрын
Theoden for sure and Snowmane.
@mandreadfg11 ай бұрын
I can him Big Dick Theoden IRL
@thetyrantofsyracuse Жыл бұрын
Eomer has always been one of my favorite characters. That scene where he and Gimli are sparring words and then Legolas draws his bow is delicious. And then we see him show his more noble and honorable side after Aragorn asks about the hobbits. Liked him even more after I played the Battle For Middle Earth 2 game, the rohirim really put in the work.
@WidarsHall Жыл бұрын
The scene with him and Gimli in the book is funny, where he calls Gimli to him after Sauron's defeat and they are in Minas Tirith. He asks Gimli if he brought his axe. He says no and then Éomer tells him that now that he's seen her (among all the dignitaries visiting), he doesn't think Galadriel is the most beautiful person ever. Gimli replies by saying he's going to fetch his axe now.
@jesseestrada8914 Жыл бұрын
I still would love to see stories about his adventures in the fourth age
@montymont4192 Жыл бұрын
maybe if amazon got the rights to the 4th age there’d be a lot less to complain about
@lordearthwormjim Жыл бұрын
Sounds great!
@vikingodin1986 Жыл бұрын
@@montymont4192 nah they'd still make a pile a shite
@montymont4192 Жыл бұрын
@@vikingodin1986 i sadly have to agree
@kentvesser9484 Жыл бұрын
@@montymont4192 Yeah, in some ways Amazon using the Fourth Age would have been better as you could go forward enough that none of the canon characters of LotR would still be alive and any story would be fresh. The only problem is that by then elves and dwarves will likely be fading from the picture and the enemies of the Men of the West would mostly be Men of the East or Men of the South rather than orcs, trolls, etc. You'd be stuck with a story that might look more like European politics and warfare circa 1350. Still you would have a lot more creative freedom in the Fourth Age without getting all the fanboys at their keyboards regarding how dare you tinker with the canon timeline, lore, or characters.
@Jayjay-qe6um Жыл бұрын
"Hail, Eomer, King of the Mark!" -- Rohirrim
@katherinegraham3803 Жыл бұрын
So Eowyn and Eomer end up marrying cousins (princess Lothíriel would be Faramir's cousin). That's got to be convenient when you're deciding which side of the family to spend the holidays with.
@balotr12345 Жыл бұрын
Eomer is my favorite ❤ Karl Urban did such a great job ❤
@gavhenrad Жыл бұрын
Haven't seen this all the way through yet but strongly suspect he was being a badass.
@nathanscovell2895 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget that awesome spear flip he does in the movie!!
@maarek71 Жыл бұрын
I only know him from the movies but I got the impression immediately he was a class act and honorable.
@Brandon-a-writer Жыл бұрын
HELM HAMMERHAND! You do not ask leave to wed his daughter 🤣 Beautifully done and narrated Jake. The love you have for the character and source material really comes through. in your words man!
@morningstar577 Жыл бұрын
ROHIRRIM, TO THE KING!!!
@elichoiniere9172 Жыл бұрын
Love the videos as always usually im all over the dwarf videos but if it's got eomer or borimir you can bet ima watch it keep em coming
@Jasonslittlesister1 Жыл бұрын
My favorite character. I would have loved to see the development of his relationship with Eowyn and Faramir. I greatly missed Imrahil of Dol Amorth and would have LOVED ❤ to see a romance blossom between him and Lady Lothiriel! A shame we won't see that 😢
@wimokaharawira8443 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful art and story telling
@michaeljones9553 Жыл бұрын
Even when his sword falls out! 😄
@Huskytabby Жыл бұрын
What-if video idea for you to do: What if Gandalf never fell at the Bridge of Khazad-dum and continued with the fellowship to Lothlorien and on forward?
@DrGoodnSexy75 Жыл бұрын
Urbans Eomer was top notch
@TarMody Жыл бұрын
It is also interesting that Éomer was distantly related to Aragorn by blood.
@victoriakidd-cromis11242 ай бұрын
To me, Eomer is an example of what a real man should be. He is honorable and answers when he is called to suppport his ally Gondor. He is someone who was raised to put the welfare of others before his own, which is the way a true king should behave. I wish there were more modern men who were like him. Honor Above All.
@ahriskof1 Жыл бұрын
Now is the hour riders of Rohan oath you have taken fulfill them all for lord and land
@lukedaniel28927 ай бұрын
Eomer has always been my favourite character in the trilogy followed by Boromir and Legolas then. Love seeing him represented
@beezelbuzzel Жыл бұрын
A perfect bro. excellent for the nerds, excellent for the jocks. Wonderful.
@HerrRoehrich Жыл бұрын
Great video as always! Just a heads up about the pronunciation of Elfwine (and Holdwine, Déorwine, and Folcwine while we're at it): The "-wine" part isn't pronounced as a single syllable (like the alcoholic beverage), but as two separate short syllables - "wi-neh" - pretty much like "winner" without the "r". It's derived from Old English word for "friend" - "wine" (in two syllables). So it's "Elf-wi-neh", "Hold-wi-neh", etc., not "Elf-wine", "Hold-wine", and so on. I see (or rather, hear) this mistake made a lot.
@shawnthompson2303 Жыл бұрын
Hail Eomer King of the Riddermark
@Paetaor Жыл бұрын
Eomer and I are the same height.
@moonytheloony65163 ай бұрын
What was he doing after Lord of the Rings? He became a medical doctor and served as the chief medical officer on the starship USS Enterprise for crissakes...
@ianheins650 Жыл бұрын
Nice work dude
@philipchisholm-bunting6630 Жыл бұрын
Dont get me wrong as a warrior and king Eomer was impressive but there is one king who is often shouted about but barely spoken of Thenguil(apologies if spelt wrong)Theoden father im also more intrigued about how Aragorn knew him when he mentions him to Eweyn? 😁👍
@kylemckiernan1445 Жыл бұрын
Aragorn is a dunedain and so he lives longer than most men. He's like 80 years old in the lord of the rings. When he was young man and Theoden was just a boy, Aragorn fought with Thengel under a fake name to keep his identity as heir to gondor a secret
@johnnythemachine6949 Жыл бұрын
Aragorn lived at King Thengel's court and fought for him under the name "Thorongil"
@HerbaceousSW Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this video. thank you.
@alexanderrobertson3548 Жыл бұрын
Great video guys as all ways, and my favourite king of rohon was probably thaoden. And merry Christmas guys and a good one🎄🎉
@nigeldepledge3790 Жыл бұрын
Um, there's a few things in the background that are not quite right. While Tolkien was indeed inspired by both the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, and was hugely influenced by Béowulf, we should not make the mistake of collecting them as the same type of thing. The Edda were from Iceland, and constitute a record of the rich mythology of the Norse folk. Tolkien viewed them with envious eyes, for we Anglo-Saxons had had our oral tradition virtually destroyed by the Normans. Consequently, Béowulf is the *only* surviving Anglo-Saxon mythology. Tolkien based the Rohirrim on the Anglo-Saxons (as best he could). The Rohirrim most assuredly do not have a connection to Norse mythology, except insofar as the two worlds coexisted uneasily and collided often. Tolkien's dwarves owe more to the Norse mythology than do any other of the free peoples of Middle Earth.
@T_Dun Жыл бұрын
Still, due to the kinship of the Saxons and the Northmen, many similarities exist between the two cultures, so some inspiration could reasonably be drawn from one and applied to the other.
@joraver Жыл бұрын
Azog brought me here
@stealth5580 Жыл бұрын
Theodyn, 'cause he's Yosser Hughes
@qcop4921 Жыл бұрын
He's the example of what a commander and a leader should be. 2nd age "Galadriel" should learn a few things from this man. After all she is only a few thousand years old and definitely has not seen what he had seen.
@sophiejones3554 Жыл бұрын
Uhhhh... you know that part is canon accurate right? Well, Galadriel has seen a lot of stuff: but seeing and learning aren't the same. Galadriel took a long time to become the mature, regal, wise queen we see her as in LotR. The part about her being a bit of an arrogant jerk back in the day is entirely lore accurate. A lot of the rest of the show isn't, but that part is.
@lordcline217 Жыл бұрын
"Azog sent me "
@mightymulatto3000 Жыл бұрын
Is Rohan an offshoot of Numinor in terms of blood? Or are they just people that were always in Middle earth?
@juancarlosreyes5138 Жыл бұрын
I believe they are from somewhere else, they are not numernoran some of them probably married people from families of Gondor but their primary blood would be from the north closer to the shire which i why believe they know of the hobbits but came to Rohan after they helped Gondor and were give the lands of Rohan as a reward and to for a pact of eternal and perpetual alliance. Close allies and kingdoms but not from the same bloodlines, but they do intermingle a bit as time passes. If that makes sense to you.
@mightymulatto3000 Жыл бұрын
@@juancarlosreyes5138 Ah, Ok. I thought they were from the north as in the Laketown region but that makes sense. Driven south by the witch king wars maybe?
@juancarlosreyes5138 Жыл бұрын
@@mightymulatto3000 I understood the story to be that they saw a great army coming to threaten Gondor and Eorl got a messenger asking for aid from the Steward Cirion. He knew Gondor falling would be catastrophic and went to help. After the battle was won, Cirion knowing Gondor strength was fading and his forces were stretched thin and Eorl people needed space and fields, hey having an ally kingdom with strong ties would be helpful and we can strengthen our borders and retreat a bit without conceding territory to our enemies. It was a smart move by the Cirion to offer the land to Eorl and his people for helping, a good place for Eorl to strengthen his people and establish a kingdom.
@mightymulatto3000 Жыл бұрын
@@juancarlosreyes5138 I recall them coming from the "north" but unsure if it was east or west of the Misty mountains.
@mightymulatto3000 Жыл бұрын
Seems it was a place called Rhovanion. So I think they were originally from the Lake Town Mirkwood area.
@adityapandey52644 ай бұрын
After LOTR Eomer was hunting down assholes with superpowers.
@willc1294 Жыл бұрын
Which ever king booted the dirty unwashed dunlendings out gets my vote for best 😉
@jovanweismiller7114 Жыл бұрын
What exactly do you mean by saying 'had no kindred in his mother tongue' immediately after mentioning Beowulf? The last time I checked, Beowulf is an ***Old English*** epic poem. I do believe Professor Tolkien spoke English as his mother tongue.
@timtheskeptic1147 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, even if modern English is your first language, trying to read Olde English makes you think you're having a stroke. It's very different.
@melaniea8239 Жыл бұрын
We got Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and then what we speak now. Lots of changes :) Really interesting topic, as is diachronic linguistics as a whole :)
@paulsevers7740 Жыл бұрын
there is no second e in Eomer, nor is it spelled Eomir - your pronunciation is incorrect - final syllable should rhyme with spur
@morgoth173 Жыл бұрын
Video 210
@DraconimLt Жыл бұрын
Why do you always call him E-o-mEEr? Isn't it pronounced E-o-mER/E-o-mAIR?
@guildingfire6216 Жыл бұрын
Anyone else still depressed about Rings of Power?
@generaljimmies3429 Жыл бұрын
I never got into it, so it's not cannon. It's just a colossal waste of money on Hollywood's part. Their loss, not mine. I will always consider Tolkien's words over some execs.
@Brandon-a-writer Жыл бұрын
It's a bad dream as far as I'm concerned
@royalhero4608 Жыл бұрын
Never seen nor do I plan to, havent looked at any trailers or looked into it at all, so as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist
@chronolynx360 Жыл бұрын
First!
@MinisterScar Жыл бұрын
But where were you when the west fold fell? Were you the first to run away?