One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other
November 27, 2002
Ach, they've done it again. It's a crossover between Les Miz and Lord of the Rings. I quote: "After her tragic death at the barricades, Eponine awakes only to find herself no longer Eponine at the barricades, but Eowyn at Meduseld. And it's only a matter of time before Faramir and Aragorn show up."
To which I can only say, Gad.
Eponine is not Eowyn, seriously, despite the lovelorn pining, the nifty initial É which I'm too lazy to type, and the penchant for getting into dangerous situations. One is scrappy and cynical, one is well-bred and idealistic. One responds to her deteriorating home life with apathy, the other with a modicum of grace and forbearance. One attempts to get her crush killed to keep him from living happily ever after with the other girl; one attempts to do something useful with her suicidal impulses.
Yeah. Can you tell which one I like better?
Not that Eponine has no redeeming qualities, mind, nor that Eowyn isn't a complete romantic idiot at times. But, despite some rough parallels, I don't see how these are comparable cases.
Although it would be kind of cool if Eowyn's dumber moments were due to the fact that they were actually Eponine, and that whole crush on Aragorn was due to his inexplicable resemblance to Pontmercy. And then the Great Bureaucrat in the Sky got his papers sorted out and returned the proper, ass-kicking, name-taking young girl to Middle-Earth in time to kick said ass and take said names and live prosperously ever after to tell the tale, while Eppie went to her reward.
Yeah.
Ringwraiths would have Eppie for breakfast. I'm tellin' you.
Anyway. When I mentioned the existence of such a crossover to my mom, by the way, her first reaction was "Hobbits on the barricades?" Which I personally think would be much, much more amusing. I'd pay good money to read that. Or at least cookies. :)